Belgrandiella cf. pageti Schütt, 1970

Osikowski, Artur, Hofman, Sebastian, Rysiewska, Aleksandra, Sket, Boris, Prevorčnik, Simona & Falniowski, Andrzej, 2018, A case of biodiversity overestimation in the Balkan Belgrandiella A. J. Wagner, 1927 (Caenogastropoda: Hydrobiidae): molecular divergence not paralleled by high morphological variation, Journal of Natural History 52 (5 - 6), pp. 323-344 : 338-339

Belgrandiella cf. pageti Schütt, 1970

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Diagnosis

Shell turriform, spire high, narrow, forming regular prolonged cone, apex pointed, whorls growing slowly and regularly, moderately tumid, body whorl relatively low and narrow, aperture elliptical, moderately broad, peristome continuous, parietal lip nearly covering slit-like umbilicus, outer lip thin.

Type material

Type locality: ‘ Tounjčica-Höle ’, in Schütt 1970; the Tounjčica cave near the Tounj town not far from the road Karlovac-Duga-Resa-Josipdol (Kupa drainage area), Croatia .

Distribution

Endemic to Slovenia and Croatia.

Figures

Figure 2. Shells of Belgrandiella (molecular clade A): (a–c) Belgrandiella kusceri, topotype, Rakek; (d, e) Belgrandiella zermanica, topotype, Zrmanja River; (f, g) Belgrandiella krupensis, topotype, Krupa River; (h–j) Belgrandiella cf. fontinalis, Krk Island; (k, l) Belgrandiella robusta, topotype, Veliki Obrh; (m, n) Belgrandiella cf. pageti, KrŠka jama, source of Krka River; (o) Belgrandiella cf. robusta, ŽerovniŠČica; (p–s) Belgrandiella cf. croatica, Rupa na Brodu. Scale bar represents 1 mm.