Rediscovery and redescription of an almost unknown Hemicycla species (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Helicidae): H. eurythyra O. Boettger 1908 from Tenerife, Canary Islands

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YURENA YANES
JAVIER MARTÍN
MIGUEL ARTILES
LEOPOLDO MORO
MARÍA R. ALONSO
MIGUEL IBÁÑEZ
(2009)
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40
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Hemicycla eurythyra O. Boettger 1908, endemic to Tener!fe, was rediscovered near its type locality. It is redescribed and compared with two conchologically similar taxa: H. pouchet (A. Férussac 1821) and H. pouchadan Ibáñez & Alonso 2007. H. eurythyra is grouped in the subgenus Hemicycla s. str. by the presence of a diverticulum in the bursa copulatrix complex.

Keywords
Gastropoda
Hemicycla eurythyra
Tenerife
Canary Islands.