New Zospeum species (Gastropoda, Ellobioidea, Carychiidae) from 980 m depth in the Lukina Jama – Trojama cave system (Velebit Mts., Croatia)
- A new species of the eutroglobiont gastropod taxon Zospeum Bourguignat, 1856 is described. Zospeum tholussum sp. n. is characterized based on a population from the Lukina Jama–Trojama cave system (Velebit Mts., Croatia). A single living specimen occurred at 980 m depth. The species is morphologically related to Zospeum amoenum (Frauenfeld, 1856), but can be readily distinguished from the latter by the presence of a weak columellar fold and its dome-like structured 2nd whorl. DNA barcoding is capable to clearly delineate Zospeum tholussum from other Zospeum spp. as well.
Author: | Alexander WeigandORCiDGND |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-403367 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.11.5966 |
ISSN: | 1314-2615 |
ISSN: | 1768-1448 |
Parent Title (English): | Subterranean Biology |
Publisher: | Pensoft |
Place of publication: | Sofia |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2013/08/30 |
Date of first Publication: | 2013/08/30 |
Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Release Date: | 2016/06/14 |
Tag: | DNA barcoding; biospeleology; cave-dwelling species; cryptic species; eutroglobiont gastropod; microgastropoda |
Volume: | 11 |
Page Number: | 9 |
First Page: | 45 |
Last Page: | 53 |
Note: | C) 2013 Alexander M. Weigand. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0 (CC-BY) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
HeBIS-PPN: | 425340589 |
Institutes: | Biowissenschaften / Biowissenschaften |
Biowissenschaften / Institut für Ökologie, Evolution und Diversität | |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie) |
Sammlungen: | Universitätspublikationen |
Licence (German): | Creative Commons - Namensnennung 3.0 |