Neritina mesopotamica Martens, 1874

Gloeer, Peter & Pesic, Vladimir, 2012, The freshwater snails (Gastropoda) of Iran, with descriptions of two new genera and eight new species, ZooKeys 219, pp. 11-61 : 12-13

Neritina mesopotamica Martens, 1874 Figs 2a-c

Records from Iran.

Khuzestan Province ( Mansoorian 2001).

Material examined.

Zoological Museum Berlin (ZMB), " Neritina (Neritaea) anatolica var. mesopotamica, Ras el Ain, Mesopot. Hausknecht".

Remarks.

The height of the largest shell of the examined syntypes from Zoological Museum Berlin was 7 mm. Mansoorian (1994) in his identification key described shell of this species as being 14 mm high. Considering his photos ( Mansoorian 1994), he probably confused it with Neritina schlaeflii Mousson, 1874 ( Figs 2f-g ).

Distribution.

Iraq, Iran (Khuzestan).

Figures

Figure 2. a-c Neritina mesopotamica d-e Neritina euphratica f-g Neritina schlaeflii a shell (syntype) b lable c operculum d shell (syntype, ZMZ 528916, Irak, Samava, photo: Eike Neubert) e operculum of Neritina euphratica from Euphrates f shell (syntype, ZMZ 529679, Persian Gulf, Island Ghaes, photo: Eike Neubert) g operculum of Neritina schlaeflii from Shatt Al-Arab-Fao region.