New genus, two new species and new records of subterranean freshwater snails (Caenogastropoda; Cochliopidae and Lithoglyphidae) from Coahuila and Durango, Northern Mexico
This paper describes a new genus, two new species and new records of subterranean gastropods from the Sabinas and Álamos River, Coahuila, and the Nazas River, Durango, in northern Mexico. Phreatomascogos gregoi gen. n. et sp. n. from Don Martín Basin, Coahuila, is described based on shells and operc...
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| author | Alexander Czaja Gabriel Fernando Cardoza-Martínez Iris Gabriela Meza‑Sánchez José Luis Estrada-Rodríguez Jorge Saenz‑Mata Jorge Luis Becerra-López Ulises Romero-Méndez Josué Raymundo Estrada‑Arellano Miguel Ángel Garza-Martínez José Antonio Dávila Paulín |
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| description | This paper describes a new genus, two new species and new records of subterranean gastropods from the Sabinas and Álamos River, Coahuila, and the Nazas River, Durango, in northern Mexico. Phreatomascogos gregoi gen. n. et sp. n. from Don Martín Basin, Coahuila, is described based on shells and opercula that show some morphological similarities with shells of Phreatodrobia Hershler & Longley, 1986 (Lithoglyphidae), which is a subterranean genus from neighboring area in Texas, United States. Conchologically, the new genus can be distinguished from Phreatodrobia and all other subterranean genera by a unique combination of characteristic shell morphology and opercula apomorphies. Balconorbis sabinasense sp. n. (Cochliopidae) is the second species of this genus, which was previously known only from caves and associated subterranean habitats in Texas. The new record of Coahuilix parrasense, Czaja, Estrada-Rodríguez, Romero-Méndez, Ávila-Rodríguez, Meza-Sánchez & Covich, 2017 (Cochliopidae) from Durango and Coahuila is the first record of extant member of this genus out of its hitherto known habitat in the Cuatro Ciénegas basin, Coahuila. These records are remarkable because C. parrasense had been described recently as a fossil species. Shell morphologies of the new subterranean snails could be interpreted as possible evolutional adaptations to different hydrodynamic and other specific conditions in their habitat. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e98e2b1b84c84b81a7ef519d451e96362023-09-02T10:48:41ZengPensoft PublishersSubterranean Biology1768-14481314-26152019-03-01298910210.3897/subtbiol.29.3412334123New genus, two new species and new records of subterranean freshwater snails (Caenogastropoda; Cochliopidae and Lithoglyphidae) from Coahuila and Durango, Northern MexicoAlexander Czaja0Gabriel Fernando Cardoza-Martínez1Iris Gabriela Meza‑Sánchez2José Luis Estrada-Rodríguez3Jorge Saenz‑Mata4Jorge Luis Becerra-López5Ulises Romero-Méndez6Josué Raymundo Estrada‑Arellano7Miguel Ángel Garza-Martínez8José Antonio Dávila Paulín9Juárez University of the State of DurangoJuárez University of the State of DurangoJuárez University of the State of DurangoJuárez University of the State of DurangoJuárez University of the State of DurangoJuárez University of the State of DurangoJuárez University of the State of DurangoJuárez University of the State of DurangoJuárez University of the State of DurangoNational Commission of Protected Natural AreasThis paper describes a new genus, two new species and new records of subterranean gastropods from the Sabinas and Álamos River, Coahuila, and the Nazas River, Durango, in northern Mexico. Phreatomascogos gregoi gen. n. et sp. n. from Don Martín Basin, Coahuila, is described based on shells and opercula that show some morphological similarities with shells of Phreatodrobia Hershler & Longley, 1986 (Lithoglyphidae), which is a subterranean genus from neighboring area in Texas, United States. Conchologically, the new genus can be distinguished from Phreatodrobia and all other subterranean genera by a unique combination of characteristic shell morphology and opercula apomorphies. Balconorbis sabinasense sp. n. (Cochliopidae) is the second species of this genus, which was previously known only from caves and associated subterranean habitats in Texas. The new record of Coahuilix parrasense, Czaja, Estrada-Rodríguez, Romero-Méndez, Ávila-Rodríguez, Meza-Sánchez & Covich, 2017 (Cochliopidae) from Durango and Coahuila is the first record of extant member of this genus out of its hitherto known habitat in the Cuatro Ciénegas basin, Coahuila. These records are remarkable because C. parrasense had been described recently as a fossil species. Shell morphologies of the new subterranean snails could be interpreted as possible evolutional adaptations to different hydrodynamic and other specific conditions in their habitat.https://subtbiol.pensoft.net/article/34123/download/pdf/ |
| spellingShingle | Alexander Czaja Gabriel Fernando Cardoza-Martínez Iris Gabriela Meza‑Sánchez José Luis Estrada-Rodríguez Jorge Saenz‑Mata Jorge Luis Becerra-López Ulises Romero-Méndez Josué Raymundo Estrada‑Arellano Miguel Ángel Garza-Martínez José Antonio Dávila Paulín New genus, two new species and new records of subterranean freshwater snails (Caenogastropoda; Cochliopidae and Lithoglyphidae) from Coahuila and Durango, Northern Mexico Subterranean Biology |
| title | New genus, two new species and new records of subterranean freshwater snails (Caenogastropoda; Cochliopidae and Lithoglyphidae) from Coahuila and Durango, Northern Mexico |
| title_full | New genus, two new species and new records of subterranean freshwater snails (Caenogastropoda; Cochliopidae and Lithoglyphidae) from Coahuila and Durango, Northern Mexico |
| title_fullStr | New genus, two new species and new records of subterranean freshwater snails (Caenogastropoda; Cochliopidae and Lithoglyphidae) from Coahuila and Durango, Northern Mexico |
| title_full_unstemmed | New genus, two new species and new records of subterranean freshwater snails (Caenogastropoda; Cochliopidae and Lithoglyphidae) from Coahuila and Durango, Northern Mexico |
| title_short | New genus, two new species and new records of subterranean freshwater snails (Caenogastropoda; Cochliopidae and Lithoglyphidae) from Coahuila and Durango, Northern Mexico |
| title_sort | new genus two new species and new records of subterranean freshwater snails caenogastropoda cochliopidae and lithoglyphidae from coahuila and durango northern mexico |
| url | https://subtbiol.pensoft.net/article/34123/download/pdf/ |
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