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- * Researchers conducted a study in northern Chile that identified previously unknown springsnails from Aguada de Chorrillos as belonging to the Heleobia genus.
- * The paper describes a new species based on anatomical features and supporting molecular data, even though it doesn't focus extensively on morphology.
Article Abstract
In the family Cochliopidae, Heleobia Stimpson, 1865 is the most speciose genus in South America, with about 90 species (Hershler & Thompson 1992; Cazzaniga 2011). A recent molecular and morphological analysis performed in northern Chile (Atacama Desert) showed that the previously undescribed springsnails from Aguada de Chorrillos belong to Heleobia (Collado et al. 2013). In this study I formally describe this new species. Although this paper does not treat morphology in detail, the anatomical characters, in combination with the previously published molecular data provides a strong basis for recognizing this population as a distinct species.
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