Latest Articles from ZooKeys Latest 4 Articles from ZooKeys https://zookeys.pensoft.net/ Thu, 28 Mar 2024 10:57:17 +0200 Pensoft FeedCreator https://zookeys.pensoft.net/i/logo.jpg Latest Articles from ZooKeys https://zookeys.pensoft.net/ Description of Alvania wangi Xu, Qi & Kong, sp. nov. (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Littorinimorpha, Rissoidae) from the East China Sea https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/82173/ ZooKeys 1110: 201-217

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1110.82173

Authors: Biyang Xu, Lu Qi, Lingfeng Kong, Qi Li

Abstract: Alvania wangi Xu, Qi & Kong, sp. nov. (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Littorinimorpha, Rissoidae) was discovered within the intertidal zone in the Nanji Islands and Zhoushan Islands, Zhejiang Province, China. It has a radula characteristic of Alvania Risso, 1826, a protoconch sculptured with micro pits and lamellae between spiral lirae, and a teleoconch with growth lines and subobsolete cords. Specimens were examined using an integrative taxonomic approach incorporating morphological observations and phylogenetic analyses of concatenated mitochondrial 16S rRNA and nuclear 28S rRNA gene sequences. The findings suggest that the new species is sister to Alvania circinata A. Adams, 1861 and is probably endemic to the shallow waters of the East China Sea.

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Research Article Wed, 6 Jul 2022 19:54:31 +0300
The genus Erhaia (Gastropoda, Truncatelloidea, Amnicolidae), with a new species from Bhutan https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/77900/ ZooKeys 1085: 1-9

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1085.77900

Authors: Edmund Gittenberger, Choki Gyeltshen, Björn Stelbrink

Abstract: The distribution of the five Erhaia (Gastropoda, Truncatelloidea, Amnicolidae) species that are diagnosed by both morphological and molecular data is combined with several records of less completely diagnosed nominal Erhaia species. The resulting distribution pattern is summarized in a map and is discussed herein. Erhaia norbui sp. nov. is described from Bhutan on the basis of shell morphology and two mitochondrial DNA barcoding markers. A molecular phylogeny is presented for the five Erhaia species for which molecular data are available, three of which form a separate clade and are from Bhutan.

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Research Article Wed, 2 Feb 2022 10:59:56 +0200
The genera Erhaia and Tricula (Gastropoda, Rissooidea, Amnicolidae and Pomatiopsidae) in Bhutan and elsewhere in the eastern Himalaya https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/49987/ ZooKeys 929: 1-17

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.929.49987

Authors: Edmund Gittenberger, Pema Leda, Jigme Wangchuk, Choki Gyeltshen, Björn Stelbrink

Abstract: Shells of the Rissooidea species that are known from Bhutan are characterized. Tricula montana is reported from that country for the first time. Two Erhaia species from Bhutan are described as new to science, viz. E. jannei sp. nov., and E. pelkiae sp. nov., The holotypes of the Erhaia species that were described from Nepal are figured with photographs for the first time and compared with the congeneric taxa from Bhutan and India. Erhaia nainitalensis is considered a senior synonym of E. chandeshwariensis. An identification key is presented for the Erhaia species of the Himalayan foothills.

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Research Article Wed, 22 Apr 2020 22:28:48 +0300
First survey of Interstitial molluscs from Cayo Nuevo, Campeche Bank, Gulf of Mexico https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/24562/ ZooKeys 779: 1-17

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.779.24562

Authors: Deneb Ortigosa, Nancy Yolimar Suárez-Mozo, Noe C. Barrera, Nuno Simões

Abstract: Six sediment samples weighing between 224–735 g were collected in June of 2016 from Cayo Nuevo reef, located at the Campeche Bank, southern Gulf of Mexico. Samples were collected by SCUBA diving, from were two stations at depths of 7.6 and 18.2 m. Sediment was sieved and molluscs (adults and micromolluscs ≤ 10 mm) were sorted, examined, and identified to the lowest taxonomic level. A total of 1,347 specimens was found, of which 224 shells were dead and 1,123 were alive. Thirty-four families, 53 genera, and 67 species were identified. The most abundant families were Chamidae and Arcidae for the Bivalvia class, and Caecidae and Tornidae for the Gastropoda class. The vertical range of Bentharca sp. was extended.

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