Iverakia hausdorfi, 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 : 246

Iverakia hausdorfi n. sp.

( Figs. 2­3 )

Type series. Holotype ( ZMH 79880 ): Shell height 2.4 mm, shell width 1.0 mm; Montenegro, Podgorica , spring Iverak in village Pričelje, 39 m asl., 20.iv.­25.v.2014 Pešić . Paratypes ( ZMH 79881 ) : 2 ex.; 1 ex. coll. Glöer, same data and locality as holotype .

Locus typicus. Montenegro, Pogorica , spring Iverak in village Pričelje, 42°30'17.52'' N, 19°13'17.93'' E .

Etymology. Named after Prof dr Bernhard Hausdorf, curator of ZMH, in appreciation of his contribution to the taxonomy of the molluscs.

Description

Shell: Shell elongated cylindrical with a large and obtuse apex ( Fig. 2 ). The regularly growing 5.5 whorls are slightly convex with a deep suture. Shell surface smooth. The aperture is ovoid, the lower edge of the aperture is moved forwards, and the outer margin is sinuated from the lateral view ( Fig. 3 ). The umbilicus is open and deep. The shell height 2.4 mm, shell width 1.0 mm, apertural/shell height ratio 0.3.

Soft body: unknown.

Distribution. Montenegro; known only from the type locality.

Figures

Figures 2­3.Iverakia hausdorfin. sp. (holotype). 2 = shell, 3 = aperture from the lateral view.