A remarkable new genus and species of subterranean freshwater snail from a recently dried-up spring of Viesca, Coahuila, Northern Mexico

This paper describes a new genus and species of subterranean gastropod from a karstic region near Viesca, Coahuila in northern Mexico. Shells of Phreatoviesca spinosa gen. nov. et sp. nov. were found in spring-deposited sediments near the outlet of a cave that dried up in the late 20th century. The...

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Main Authors: Alexander Czaja, Nicholas S. Gladstone, Jorge Luis Becerra-López, José Luis Estrada-Rodríguez, Jorge Sáenz‑Mata, Fernando Hernández-Terán
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2021-08-01
Series:Subterranean Biology
Online Access:https://subtbiol.pensoft.net/article/67799/download/pdf/