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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2021-08-01
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Series: | Subterranean Biology |
Online Access: | https://subtbiol.pensoft.net/article/67799/download/pdf/ |