Belgrandiella kusceri (A. J. Wagner, 1914 )

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 : 335

Belgrandiella kusceri (A. J. Wagner, 1914)

( Figure 2a – c )

Belgrandia kusceri A. J. Wagner (1914) .

Belgrandia (Belgrandiella) kusceri A. J. Wagner (1927) .

Paladilhia (Belgrandia) kusceri Komarek 1953 .

Paladilhia kusceri Jaeckel, Klemm, Meise 1957 .

Paladilhia (Belgrandiella) kusceri Jaeckel 1967 .

Frauenfeldia kusceri Bole 1967 .

Microna kusceri Boeters 1970 .

Belgrandiella kusceri KuŠčer 1932 .

Diagnosis

Shell ovate conic – elongate conic, apex pointed, whorls tumid, body whorl relatively big, aperture ovoid, peristome continuous, its columellar section in a form of callus, outer lip simple, umbilicus closed, operculum yellowish.

Type material

Type locality: ‘ In Schlamm des Rakbaches (Rakovski potok) bei Rakek in Krain ’, in A . J. Wagner 1914 Rak brook below Mali Naravni Most (small natural bridge) by Rakov Škocjan, Rakek, Slovenia .

Distribution

Endemic to southern Slovenia.

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.