Two new species of the Balkan genus Paladilhiopsis Pavlovic, 1913 (Caenogastropoda, Moitessieriidae).

ABSTRACT: The Balkan Peninsula is inhabited by the worldwide most diverse subterranean gastropod fauna. This fauna is still poorly studied, since its habitats are not easily accessible, and its sampled populations are mostly not rich in specimens' numbers. Often only empty shells are known, but the shell is hardly useful, not only in phylogeny reconstruction, but even in species determination. The exclusively obligatory subterranean family Moitessieriidae is especially poorly studied. Representatives of the genus Paladilhiopsis Pavlović, 1913 (Moitessieriidae) collected at three localities, distributed in Croatia and Bosnia & Herzegovina, were studied. The pigmentation of their shells and soft parts, as well as the female and male reproductive organs in one taxon, are presented. The partial s

SUBMITTER: Hofman S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8238927 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature