A new freshwater gastropod species of the genus Pseudamnicola Paulucci, 1878 from Algeria (Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae)

  • Ghania Sadouk Laboratoire de production, sauvegarde des espèces menacées et des récoltes Influence des variations climatiques. Département de Biologie. Faculté des Sciences Biologiques et des Sciences Agronomiques. Université Mouloud Mammeri de Tizi-0ouzou, 15000, Algeria https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7017-7264
  • Houria Bouaziz-Yahiatene Laboratoire de production, sauvegarde des espèces menacées et des récoltes Influence des variations climatiques. Département de Biologie. Faculté des Sciences Biologiques et des Sciences Agronomiques. Université Mouloud Mammeri de Tizi-0ouzou, 15000, Algeria https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3316-5234
  • Ramdane Ramdini Laboratoire de production, sauvegarde des espèces menacées et des récoltes Influence des variations climatiques. Département de Biologie. Faculté des Sciences Biologiques et des Sciences Agronomiques. Université Mouloud Mammeri de Tizi-0ouzou, 15000, Algeria https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1206-8681
  • Ferroudja Medjdoub-Bensaad Laboratoire de production, sauvegarde des espèces menacées et des récoltes Influence des variations climatiques. Département de Biologie. Faculté des Sciences Biologiques et des Sciences Agronomiques. Université Mouloud Mammeri de Tizi-0ouzou, 15000, Algeria https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9396-3775
  • Peter Glöer Biodiversity Research Lab, Schulstr. 3, D-25491 Hetlingen, Germany https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6995-3641
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17109/AZH.68.2.179.2022
Keywords: Algeria, Hydrobiidae, Kabylie, new species, Pseudamnicola

Abstract

Pseudamnicola thawintae sp. n. (Gastropoda, Hydrobiidae) is described from Ait-Bouaddou, Tizi-Ouzou (Algeria) by the shells and the anatomy. In addition, photos of the shell and the penis morphology are given and photos of the type locality.

 

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Published
2022-05-16
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SadoukG., Bouaziz-YahiateneH., RamdiniR., Medjdoub-BensaadF., & GlöerP. (2022). A new freshwater gastropod species of the genus Pseudamnicola Paulucci, 1878 from Algeria (Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 68(2), 179-182. https://doi.org/10.17109/AZH.68.2.179.2022
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Vol. 68 No. 2 (2022): Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
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