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Bythinella fabiae n. sp., a new spring-snail species (Gastropoda: Rissooidea) from the Belasitsa Mountains, South-West Bulgaria


Dilian Georgiev https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2885-4895; Ulrich E. Schneppat; Ivaylo Dedov https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4445-359X

30 May 2022 · volume 44 · (issue 4) · pp. 31–36 · PDF [full text]

Abstract: A new species of the genus Bythinella is described. Its type locality is: South-West Bulgaria, Belasitsa Mountains, Leshnishki Waterfall, northern slope of Kongur Peak. Because of its locality position it was compared and with Greek and Macedonian species.

Keywords: Balkan Peninsula, Bythinella, new species

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Bythinella fabiae Georgiev, Schneppat & Dedov, 2022

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Georgiev D., Schneppat U. E., Dedov I. 2022 Bythinella fabiae n. sp., a new spring-snail species (Gastropoda: Rissooidea) from the Belasitsa Mountains, South-West Bulgaria. Historia naturalis bulgarica 44: 31–36.

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