Turrihoratia n. gen. (Caenogastropoda: Hydrobiidae) – habitat shift reflects the shift in shell morphology?

2025/06/10 by Jozef Grego, Sebastian Hofman, Aleksandra Jaszczyńska +3 · 1 voice
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Environmental Science · #Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior #Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies #Myxozoan Parasites in Aquatic Species

paper · pdf · doi:10.1080/13235818.2025.2512670

openalex publication_date 2025/06/10 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02

Abstract

Stygobiont snails were collected at five springs in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The low-spired, valvatoid Horatia klecakiana were found in three, but in the other two springs, the snails had turreted, high-spired shells. Despite their markedly different shells, the female reproductive organs and penises in the turreted snails resembled those in H. klecakiana. Phylogeny based on mtCOI and nuclear histone sequences grouped the turreted snails as the sister taxon of Horatia. The turreted snails are described as a new genus, with two new species. We speculate that turriform snails may penetrate into deeper subterranean waters than Horatia, which is associated with springs.

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Discussions

• MR新着。先週の論文に続き、またミズツボ科のHoratiinaeに新属𝙏𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙖 Falniowski & Gregoが創設されて2新種𝙏. 𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙪𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙖（Fig. 6のA–C）と𝙏. 𝙯𝙖𝙜𝙢𝙖𝙟𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙞（D–F）も記載。今度はクロアチアとボスニア・ヘルツェゴビナの地下水産で、湧泉に棲む𝘏𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪 [bsky, 5 points, 0 comments]

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