Belgrandiella cf. croatica ( Hirc, 1881 )

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 : 337

Belgrandiella cf. croatica ( Hirc, 1881)

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Bythinella croatica Hirc, 1881 .

Bythinella lacheineri Hirc, 1881 .

Paludinella (Bythinella) hyale Westerlund, 1886 .

Frauenfeldia lacheineri var. croatica Clessin, 1890 ; KuŠčer 1923.

Micron saxatilis hyalis Boeters, 1970.

Microna saxatilis croatica Boeters, 1970 .

Belgrandiella croatica Radoman 1975 .

Diagnosis

Shell conic, narrow, apex blunt, spire high, whorls flat, aperture regularly ovoid, protruded, peristome continuous, parietal lip well developed, covering umbilicus, outer lip simple.

Type material

Type locality: ‘ ...in einem Bächlein bei Brod gegen das Dorf LeŠnica zu... ’ in Hirc 1881; the spring in LeŠnica village , between the places Gornja Tihova and Brod na Kupi, south-west of the Delnica town, 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.