Iglica soussensis

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Iglica soussensis
Iglica soussensis (MNHN-IM-2000-27092).jpeg

Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda

clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Truncatelloidea
Family:
Hydrobiidae
Genus:
Iglica
Species:
I. soussensis
Binomial name
Iglica soussensis
Ghamizi & Boulal, 2017

Iglica soussensis is a species of aquatic subterranean hydrobiid gastropod endemic to wells in the Souss Plain, Morocco. I. soussensis is only known from the type locality, a well in the village in the area of Agadir, or described by the IUCN as 'a well at south of the Souss River north of Temsia, Morocco'. This species is a stygobiont, being restricted to aquatic subterranean habitats[1][2]

Description and taxonomic affinities[]

Shell is high-spired and turriform, with enlarged sutures, elliptic aperture disjunct with simple peristome. Shell is 2.1 mm tall, 0.4 mm wide, 0.4 mm in aperture height, and 0.16 mm in aperture width. With the exception of , the only endemic Moroccan species of this genus, no other Iglica is found in the region. In addition, I. seyadi is morphologically closer to Heideella. The closest species to Iglica soussensis is , however specimens differ in several aspects.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ The status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in northern Africa. García, N. (Nieves), Cuttelod, Annabelle., Malak, Dania Abdul., International Union for Conservation of Nature. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN. 2010. ISBN 9782831712710. OCLC 688244976.CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. ^ "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
  3. ^ Ghamizi, Mohamed; Boulal, Mokhtar (January 2017). "New stygobiont snail from groundwater of Morocco (Gastropoda: Moitessieriidae)". Ecologica Montenegrina. 10: 11–13 – via ResearchGate.
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