Litthabitella aquaadcrucem Jaszczynska et Osikowski 2023, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Falniowski, Andrzej
name: Jaszczyńska, Aleksandra
name: Osikowski, Artur
name: Hofman, Sebastian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Hydrobiidae
Litthabitella
Litthabitella aquaadcrucem

description: Litthabitella aquaadcrucem Jaszczyńska et Osikowski sp. nov.
(Figures 3 (a), 4 (m–s), 5 (b,e,h), 7, 8, 9 (b–e), 10)
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Diagnosis
Shell small, ovate conical, distinguished from similarly high and broad L. chilodia by a proportionally lower aperture and thus higher spire, less weakly angled adapically, and less broad tip of the penis. COI sequences: ON661272–ON661278; H3 sequences: ON661565–ON661570; 18S sequences: ON667998–ON668004. COI MDCs: 12, C; 33, C; 66, A; 93, A; 115, T; 120, G; 159, G; 174, T; 177, T; 222, T; 225, G; 354, C; 363, C; 393, G; 399, G; 402, A; 408, C; 432, G; 453, G.
Etymology
The specific name aquaadcrucem is the Latin phrase ′ aqua ad crucem ̍, which means ′water at the cross̍, and is a translation of the Serbian Voda u Križa, which is the name of the spring. It should be considered a noun in apposition.
Type material
Holotype. MONTENEGRO: ethanol-fixed specimen (Figure 3 (a)); W of Sotonići, small spring Voda u Križa near the restaurant of the same name; 42.2367°N, 19.0439°E; 183 m a.s.l.; our locality 8 (Figure 2 (d)), on the gravel; July 2005; Magdalena Szarowska, Andrzej Falniowski; MNHW-1439.
Paratypes. MONTENEGRO: 20 specimens (ethanol-fixed); same collection data as for holotype, DMJU 2211.
Description
Shell. (Figure 3 (a)) Ovate conical up to 2.51 mm high, whorls growing regularly. Holotype measurements: see Table 4. Teleoconch whorls slightly convex, evenly rounded. Aperture narrow, ovate, weakly angled adapically, peristome continuous, in its upper part fitting tight to body whorl. Parietal lip complete, adnate, umbilicus nearly completely covered by lip. Outer lip fluted, orthocline. Shell glossy with very slightly marked growth lines, thickwalled and translucent, periostracum whitish. Initial part of the protoconch narrow, on the protoconch surface only delicate irregularities (Figure 5 (b)).
Measurements of holotype and sequenced and illustrated shells: see Table 4. Shell variability slightly marked (Figure 4 (m–s)).
Morphology and anatomy of soft parts. The head with eyes and no pigment; mantle intensively black pigmented. Ctenidium with 19 short lamellae (in five examined specimens), the osphradium broad (Figure 7 (a)). Radula (Figure 5 (e,h)) typical of Litthabitella. Anus long forward from the female gonopore (Figure 7 (a)). Female reproductive organs (Figure 7 (a–d)) as described above for the family. Penis (Figure 9 (b–e)) as described above for the family, with less broad tip than in L. chilodia (Figure 9 (a)).
Distribution and habitat
Known from the type locality (8), the small spring Voda u Križa near the restaurant of the same name (Figure 2 (d)), and localities 6 and 9 (Figure 1 and Table 1).
description: Published as part of Falniowski, Andrzej, Jaszczyńska, Aleksandra, Osikowski, Artur & Hofman, Sebastian, 2023, Litthabitellidae: a new family of the Truncatelloidea (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda), pp. 299-329 in Journal of Natural History 57 (5 - 8) on pages 308-309, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2168573, http://zenodo.org/record/7778206