Original paper
A new Vitrea species from the Holocene of south-eastern France (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata: Pristilomatidae)
Magnin, Frédéric
Archiv für Molluskenkunde International Journal of Malacology Band 152 Heft 1 (2023), p. 35 - 42
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published: Aug 10, 2023
DOI: 10.1127/arch.moll/152/035-042
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Abstract
Vitrea luberonensis n. sp. is described from south-eastern France. Shell attributes suggest that the new species is closely related to V. pygmaea, V. etrusca, and V. inae, in a “V. etrusca complex” which is characterised by very small size (the smallest of all Vitrea species) and a very wide umbilicus. Holocene subfossil shells were found in Manosque and Aix-en-Provence, in alluvial deposits between 7400 and 4200 BP. The species has not yet been found alive or in modern sediments. Associated malacofauna suggest a mosaic of riparian and open woodland habitats.
Keywords
Provence • Mediterranean • Quaternary • Zonitidae • biogeography • new species