Entirely Anatolian Hydrobiid (Caenogastropoda–Truncatelloidea–Hydrobiidae) Clade Revisited: Two More New Genera and Six New Species

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Jaszczynska A., Hoffman S., Odabaşı D. A., Ekin İ., Sırbu I., Falnıowskı A.

ANIMALS, sa.15, ss.1-27, 2025 (SCI-Expanded)

• Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
• Basım Tarihi: 2025
• Doi Numarası: 10.3390/ani15172512
• Dergi Adı: ANIMALS
• Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Agricultural & Environmental Science Database, CAB Abstracts, EMBASE, Food Science & Technology Abstracts, Veterinary Science Database, Directory of Open Access Journals
• Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1-27
• Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
• Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

runcatelloidea are the richest in species group of fresh- and brackish water snails, still

poorly studied. The Anatolia harbours many truncatelloid species, often endangered by

human activity and climate warming, especially dangerous for these snails inhabiting

springs and adapted to cold water. But these snails are still hardly known. Despite the

close geographic relationship between Asia Minor and Europe, some Anatolian groups

have no closer relationships with the European ones; rather, relationships with the Asiatic

fauna must be considered. We have studied one of such groups, finding six species new to

science, and four of them representing two new genera; we describe these snails. Minute

dimensions, resulting in simplified anatomy, as well as wide variation in the morphology,

cause serious problems with the reconstruction of evolutionary (phylogenetic) relationships

between these snails, and even with species distinction. Thus, the application of molecular

data—DNA sequences—has become obligatory to solve this problem. However, sometimes

the molecular data, and especially the results of their analysis, are not congruent with the

morphological ones, and this is the case we are describing. This once more stresses the

necessity of an integrative, holistic approach in the study of animal evolution.