Hypnophila girottii Esu, 1978, described as a Plio-Pleistocene fossil species from the island of Sardinia, is revised and assigned to the monospecific genus Gomeziella. The new genus belongs to the familyAzecidae and has a shell shape close to that of Hypnophila Bourguignat, 1858, a genus with two species in Sardinia: H. dohrni Paulucci, 1882, and H. bisacchii Giusti, 1970. Gomeziella can be distinguished from these species and from all the other anatomically known azecids by a completely different structure of the genitalia.
Cianfanelli, S., Bodon, M., Giusti, F., Manganelli, G. (2018). Gomeziella: a new genus for a living fossil (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Azecidae). BASTERIA, 82(1/3), 19-27.
Gomeziella: a new genus for a living fossil (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Azecidae)
Giusti Folco;Manganelli Giuseppe
2018-01-01
Abstract
Hypnophila girottii Esu, 1978, described as a Plio-Pleistocene fossil species from the island of Sardinia, is revised and assigned to the monospecific genus Gomeziella. The new genus belongs to the familyAzecidae and has a shell shape close to that of Hypnophila Bourguignat, 1858, a genus with two species in Sardinia: H. dohrni Paulucci, 1882, and H. bisacchii Giusti, 1970. Gomeziella can be distinguished from these species and from all the other anatomically known azecids by a completely different structure of the genitalia.
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https://hdl.handle.net/11365/1071438