Iverakia, Glöer & Pešić, 2014

Glöer, Peter & Pešić, Vladimir, 2014, New subterranean freshwater gastropods of Montenegro (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae), with description of one new genus and two new species, Ecologica Montenegrina 1 (4), pp. 244-248 : 245-246

Genus Iverakia n. gen.

Diagnosis. Shell elongated conical with a smooth surface. Aperture oval, from lateral view sinuated, the lower part moved forward. Anatomy is unknown.

Type species. Iverakia hausdorfi n. sp.

Etymology. Named after the spring where the new genus was detected.

Differentiating features. The new genus share elongated shell with a sinuated aperture with Plagigeyeria Tomlin, 1930 and Paladilhiopsis Pavlović 1913 . The both genera can easily be distinguished by the shell surface which is in Plagigeyeria ribbed, with a strong axial sculpture, and in Paladilhiopsis with a spiral lines on the shell crossing the growth striae ( Bernasconi 1990), not smooth as in Iverakia n. gen.

The similar genus Zeteana Glöer & Pešić 2014 , described from the same type locality as Iverakia n. gen., conchologically resembles to snails of the new genus but clearly differs by having the slightly ribbed shell surface, with broad ribs and thin interspaces ( Glöer and Pešić 2014).

Distribution. The genus is endemic to Central Montenegro and includes the only species: Iverakia hausdorfi n. sp. from its type locality only.