Bythinella klimaensis, Glöer & Reuselaars, 2020

Glöer, Peter & Reuselaars, Robert, 2020, The Bythinella spp. of Greece (Gastropoda: Hydrobioidea: Bythinelliidae), Ecologica Montenegrina 29 (2020), pp. 20-33 : 26-27

Bythinella klimaensis n. sp. [fig. 2.4]

Material examined: Holotype ( RMNH.MOL.340500) and 3 paratypes ( RMNH.MOL.340501) from type locality.

Holotype: 3.4 mm high, 1.9 mm broad from type locality.

Paratypes: 4 paratypes from type locality, 21 dry ex. in coll. Robert Reuselaars (no. 1274).

Locus typicus: Spring in Klima , Aetolia, south of lake Trichonida, Greece at 625 meters altitude ( Figure 6 ), 38° 28' 09.57291''' N 21° 28' 54.52199'' E, 17.06.2019 Robert Reuselaars leg.

Habitat: Artificial canal below outflow of the spring, the specimens were collected from small stones and old leaves.

Etymology: Named after Klima town.

Description: The shell is elongated ovate with 4.5-5 slightly convex whorls which are separated by a deep suture. The apex is oblique. The aperture is ovate, slightly angled at the top. The peristome is broadened at the columella. The umbilicus is closed. The body whorl takes 0.7 of shell height. The aperture is 1.0 mm high and 0.9 mm broad. The ratio of shell height to shell width is 1.9. The shell is 2.6-3.4 mm high and 1.7-1.9 mm broad.

Differentiating characters: See B. pesici n. sp.

Distribution: Only known from type locality.

Figures

Figures 4-9: Sampling sites. 4. Kapina monastry (type locality of Bythinella kyriaki n. sp.), 5. Aghios Dimitros (type locality of Bythinella dimitrosensis n. sp.), 6. Klima (type locality of Bythinella klimaensis n. sp.), 7. Righani (type locality of Bythinella righaensis n. sp.), 8. Liandina (type locality of Bythinella liandianensis n. sp.), 9. Planitero (type locality of Bythinella kwanti n. sp.).