Abstract
Aquatic snails of the genus Bythinella are among most abundant genera in springs of the Mediterranean region. In this paper we reported three species of the genus Bythinella from the springs on the island of Evia (Euboea, Euboia). Two species, i.e., Bythinella kastanolongosensis n. sp. and B. reuselaarsi n. sp. are described as new for science and photos of their shells and the penis are provided. New records are given for B. dimitrosensis Glöer & Reuselaars, 2020.
Highlights
The aquatic snails of the genus Bythinella Moquin-Tandona, 1856 are common and widespread in springs and spring-fed brooks of the Mediterranean region and include a number of highly isolated and stenotopic species (Glöer and Pešić 2014)
Falniowski & Szarowska (2011) by using molecular genetic studies demonstrated that the Greek fauna of Bythinella is much more diverse, which has been confirmed by description of a large number of species of the latter genus during the last decade (e.g., Reischütz and Fischer 2008; Falniowski et al 2016; Glöer and Hirschfelder 2019; Glöer and Hirschfelder 2020; Glöer and Reuselaars 2020a,b,c; Georgiev and Glöer 2020)
23 species of the genus Bythinella have previously been described from Greece
Summary
The aquatic snails of the genus Bythinella Moquin-Tandona, 1856 are common and widespread in springs and spring-fed brooks of the Mediterranean region and include a number of highly isolated and stenotopic species (Glöer and Pešić 2014). Falniowski & Szarowska (2011) by using molecular genetic studies demonstrated that the Greek fauna of Bythinella is much more diverse, which has been confirmed by description of a large number of species of the latter genus during the last decade (e.g., Reischütz and Fischer 2008; Falniowski et al 2016; Glöer and Hirschfelder 2019; Glöer and Hirschfelder 2020; Glöer and Reuselaars 2020a,b,c; Georgiev and Glöer 2020). 23 species of the genus Bythinella have previously been described from Greece. In this paper several new findings of the genus Bythinella are reported from the Southern Evia, Greece.
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