Sarkhia kermanshahensis ( Gloeer & Pesic , 2009) Glöer & Pešić, 2012

Gloeer, Peter & Pesic, Vladimir, 2012, The freshwater snails (Gastropoda) of Iran, with descriptions of two new genera and eight new species, ZooKeys 219, pp. 11-61 : 21

Sarkhia kermanshahensis ( Gloeer & Pesic, 2009) comb. n. Fig. 12g

Pseudamnicola kermanshahensis Glöer & Pešić, 2009 (synonymy)

New records.

Markazi Province: IR51 [2 ex.].

Records from Iran.

Kermanshah Province (as Pseudamnicola kermanshahensis Glöer and Pešić 2009).

Remarks.

This species has originally been placed in the genus Pseudamnicola . However, due to the characteristic shape of the penis and the tentacles it is transfered to Sarkhia gen. n.

Distribution.

Iran; Kermanshah and Markazi Provinces.

Figures

Figure 12. The prosobranch molluscs of Iran. a Theodoxus fluviatilis (operculum see Fig. 3 d) b Bithynia (Bithynia) ejecta (syntype ZMZ 524006, Iraq, Samava, ex coll. Mousson, photo: E. Neubert) c Melanoides tuberculatus d Thiara scabra e Melanopsis sp. f Melanopsis costata g Farsithyra farsensis h Sarkhia kermanshahensis, i: Pseudamnicola saboori k Pseudamnicola zagrosensis l Pseudobithynia irana m Pseudobithynia zagrosia n Valvata cristata.