LIMNOFISH-Journal of Limnology and Freshwater Fisheries Research 3(3): 183-186 (2017)

Re-description of the Pseudamnicola lindbergi Boettger 1957 (: )

Mustafa Emre GÜRLEK* Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Vocational School of Health Services, 15030 Burdur, Turkey

ABSTRACT ARTICLE INFO

In this study, conchological and anatomical characters of the topotypes of RESEARCH ARTICLE Pseudamnicola lindbergi Boettger 1957 living in Elbistan, Pınarbaşı spring have been studied. Detailed male anatomy of the species was examined for the first Received : 05.06.2017 time in which only shell morphology was given before. Findings were compared Revised : 27.09.2017 with the Boettger’s original description and other Pseudamnicola spp. of Turkey. Accepted : 12.10.2017 Keywords: Pseudamnicola lindbergi, re-description, anatomy, topotype Published : 29.12.2017

DOI: 10.17216/LimnoFish.319188

* CORRESPONDING AUTHOR [email protected] Tel : +90 248 213 26 00 Pseudamnicola lindbergi Boettger 1957’nin Yeniden Tanımlanması (Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae) Öz: Bu çalışmada, Elbistan, Pınarbaşı su kaynağında yaşayan Pseudamnicola lindbergi Boettger 1957’nin topotip örneklerinin konkolojik ve anatomik karakterleri çalışılmıştır. Daha önce sadece kabuk morfolojisi gösterilen türün erkek bireylerinin ayrıntılı anatomisi ilk defa incelenmiştir. Bulgular Boettger’in orjinal tanımlamasıyla ve Türkiye’nin diğer Pseudamnicola türleriyle karşılaştırılmıştır. Anahtar kelimeler: Pseudamnicola lindbergi, yeniden tanımlama, anatomi, topotip

How to Cite Gürlek ME. 2017. Re-description of the Pseudamnicola lindbergi Boettger 1957 (Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae). LimnoFish 3(3):183-186. doi: 10.17216/LimnoFish.319188

Introduction Glöer, Gürlek and Kara 2014, Pseudamnicola The Pseudamnicola is distributed in the goksunensis Glöer, Gürlek and Kara 2014, West-Mediterranean, North-Africa, East- Pseudamnicola gullei Glöer, Yıldırım and Kebapçı Mediterranean in Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey and 2015, Pseudamnicola kayseriensis Glöer, Middle East (Glöer et al. 2010). In Turkey, thirteen Yıldırım and Kebapçı 2015, Pseudamnicola natolica species, two subspecies and one fossil species of natolica Küster 1852, Pseudamnicola natolica Pseudamnicola have been reported so far. smyrnensis Schütt 1970 and Pseudamnicola elongata The represented species are; Pseudamnicola Taner 1973 (Geldiay and Bilgin 1969; Paydak 1976; macrostoma Küster 1852, Pseudamnicola kotschyi Bilgin 1980; Yıldırım 1999; Glöer and Georgiev Frauenfeld 1856, Pseudamnicola elbursensis 2012; Glöer et al. 2014; Glöer et al. 2015). Starmühlner and Edlauer 1957, Pseudamnicola In addition, Pseudamnicola elbursensis Starmühlner lindbergi Boettger 1957, Pseudamnicola geldiayana and Edlauer 1957 and Pseudamnicola kotschyi Schütt and Bilgin 1970, Pseudamnicola bilgini Frauenfeld 1856 species were recorded Schütt and Şeşen 1993, Pseudamnicola intranodosa from Southeastern Anatolia region by Schütt and Şeşen 1993, Pseudamnicola vinarskii Paydak (1976: 31-35) but the existence of this Glöer and Georgiev 2012, Pseudamnicola marashi Iranian species in Turkey is not certain. Glöer, Gürlek and Kara 2014, Pseudamnicola merali Pseudamnicola macrostoma Küster 1852 was

184 Gürlek 2017 - LimnoFish 3(3): 183-186 recorded from İzmir (Geldiay and Bilgin 1969; Materials and Methods Bilgin 1980) and its drawings in the article seems to Samples were collected from Elbistan, Pınarbaşı belong to member of the family spring originating from the Ceyhan river in 2015 Bithyniidae. I think these three species needs to be (Figure 1). They were living on stones and aquatic dissected again. plants. They preserved in plastic tubes including 80% Pseudamnicola lindbergi was described by ethanol. Dissections and measurements of the shells C. Boettger in 1957. Onl