Revision of Graecoanatolica (Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae) species in Turkey

Authors : Ümit KEBAPÇI, Seval Bahadir KOCA, Mehmet Zeki YILDIRIM

Pages : 399-411

Doi:10.3906/sag-1202-68

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Publication Date : 0000-00-00

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Graecoanatolica Radoman, 1973 is a remarkable genus of Hydrobiidae, recognized with its disjunct distribution between Macedonia, Greece insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Thessaly);, and Turkey insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Lakes Region);. However, the current distribution of the genus is restricted to Turkey, as the 2 Balkan species have been declared extinct. In this study, a taxonomic revision of the Graecoanatolica species in Turkey is presented. Among 6 previously recognized species, G. conica Radoman, 1973 and G. brevis Radoman, 1973 from the provinces of Denizli and Burdur are determined to be extinct. G. anatolica insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Schütt, 1965); comb. nov. is transferred to the genus and G. dinarica sp. nov. is described as new. Morphological, anatomical, and distributional information about all species distributed in Turkey is given, and an identification key to the species is provided. In the light of the paleogeographical and zoogeographical data available, determining factors of the distribution of the genus are discussed and notes on the ecology of the extant species are presented.
Keywords : Key words Hydrobiidae, Graecoanatolica dinarica, new species, Turkey