Belgrandiella cf. fontinalis ( Schmidt, 1847 )

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 : 339-340

Belgrandiella cf. fontinalis ( Schmidt, 1847) part.

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Paludinella fontinalis F.J. Schmidt, 1847 .

Frauenfeldia lacheineri var. fontinalis Frauenfeld, 1863 .

Bythinella fontinalis Brusina 1886 .

Microna saxatilis fontinalis Boeters 1970 .

Belgrandiella fontinalis Radoman 1975 .

Diagnosis

Shell ovate, broad, spire high and broad, apex blunt, whorls rather flat, aperture regularly ovoid, narrow, peristome continuous, parietal lip well developed, covering umbilicus, outer lip simple.

Type material

Type locality: ‘ in einer Quell bei Lustthal ’ in Schmidt 1847; ‘ bei Lustthal (= Dol, about 15 km north of Ljubljana), Slovenia ’ in Boeters 1970; StudenŠčica, a small spring in the Dol village, about 15 km northeast of Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Distribution

Endemic to southern Slovenia and neighbouring areas of Croatia.

Figures

Figure 3. Shells of Belgrandiella: (a–f) molecular clade A: (a–d) Belgrandiella cf. robusta, spring of river LipsenjŠČica, Cerknica; (e, f) Belgrandiella cf. robusta, Dvorce, Čatež ob Savi; (g) Boleana umbilicata, topotype, spring MoČilnik; (h, i) molecular clade B: Belgrandiella cf. kuesteri, PotoČe; (j–r) molecular clade C: (j) Belgrandiella cf. fontinalis, PotoČe; (k–r) Belgrandiella cf. fontinalis, Babja luknja; (s, t) molecular clade D: Belgrandiella cf. koprivnensis, Izvor Plive 1A, DraganiĆ. Scale bar represents 1 mm.