TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bitzilekis, Eleftherios
A1  - Vardinoyannis, Katerina
A1  - Mylonas, Moisis
T1  - A new species of Metafruticicola (Gastropoda, Hygromiidae) from the Aegean Archipelago and new anatomical and distributional data on some congeneric species
T2  - European journal of taxonomy
N2  - Metafruticicola is a diverse land snail genus inhabiting the north-eastern Mediterranean region from S Albania to Israel. In this study, we describe Metafruticicola kavafis sp. nov., a new species for science from Kasos Island. We also focus on the reproductive system of steno-endemic species and subspecies of the genus from small islands of the Aegean Archipelago, whose anatomy was previously completely unknown. These species are M. crassicosta, M. pieperi, M. coartata gemina and M. nicosiana conciliatrix. For the latter subspecies, only the outlines of the genitalia were previously given. Additionally, we investigated in detail for the first time the genital anatomy of M. nicosiana nicosiana from Cyprus. Hitherto, information on the genital apparatus of this subspecies was based on sparse data derived from sexually immature specimens. These new anatomical data contribute to a plethora of controversies concerning the subgeneric division of Metafruticicola, which was based solely on conchological features and especially the microsculpture of the teleoconch. We suggest that the current subgeneric division of the genus should be abandoned.
T3  - European journal of taxonomy  : EJT - 879:1–23 
KW  - Metafruticicola
KW  - distribution
KW  - taxonomy
KW  - Aegean
KW  - Cyprus
Y1  - 2023
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/69682
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-696829
SN  - 2118-9773
VL  - 2023
IS  - 879
SP  - 1
EP  - 23
PB  - Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
CY  - Paris
ER  -