Pseudamnicola macrostoma explained

Pseudamnicola macrostoma is a species of very small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Hydrobiidae.^[1]

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognised, the nominotypical P. m. subsp. macrostoma and P. m. subsp. negropontina, the latter being treated as a distinct species (Pseudamnicola negropontina) by some authors.^{[2] [3]}

Geographic distribution

P. macrostoma is endemic to Greece.^[1] The species was originally described from a number of springs in the vicinity of Athens but was later also recorded from Evvia as well as several islands in the Aegean and Ionian seas.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Taxon Details: Pseudamnicola (Pseudamnicola) macrostoma (Kuster 1853). https://web.archive.org/web/20140903062111/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=427097. dead. September 3, 2014. Fauna Europaea. 26 August 2014.
2. Web site: Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Greece. Bank, R.. July 24, 2011 . Fauna Europaea Project. Natural History Museum of Bern. 26 August 2014.
3. Radea, C.. Parmakelis, A.. Papadogiannis, V.. Charou, V.. Triantis, K. A.. amp. 2013. The hydrobioid freshwater gastropods (Caenogastropoda, Truncatelloidea) of Greece: new records, taxonomic re-assessments using DNA sequence data and an update of the IUCN Red List Categories. ZooKeys. 350. 1–20. Pensoft Publishers. 10.3897/zookeys.350.6001. 24294081. 3837496. free.