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Revision of the genus Simplicula stat. nov. (Stylommatophora: Canariellidae) from the eastern Canary Islands, with the description of seven new taxa

Authors: K. Groh, R. Hutterer, E. Martín González
Basteria, 88 (1): 6-24Published:

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The subgenus Simplicula Ponte-Lira & M. R. Alonso, 1997 in the genus Canariella P. Hesse, 1918 is elevated to the rank of a genus and seven new fossil taxa of the group are described from Pliocene and Pleistocene to Holocene deposits from the North of Lanzarote, La Graciosa, and the North, West and Northwest of Fuerteventura, Canary Islands. Their relationship to other taxa of the family Canariellidae on the Canary Islands and in the West-Mediterranean region as well as with fossil species from continental Europe placed in the genus Canariella is discussed.

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Four new fossil Napaeus species (Gastropoda: Enidae) from La Gomera (Canary Islands)

Author: C.J.P.J. Margry
Basteria, 88 (1): 29-37Published:

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Four fossil species of Napaeus from various parts of the Canary Island of La Gomera are new to science. The species are described and compared with other species of this genus. Including these four species, there are now 31 Napaeus species known from La Gomera and 76 species from the whole Canary archipelago. La Gomera is as such by far the most diverse island with respect to Napaeus.

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Description of a new Canariella P. Hesse, 1918 (Stylommatophora: Canariellidae) from the Quaternary of Fuerteventura, Canary Islands

Author: K. Groh
Basteria, 85 (2): 126-129Published:

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A new fossil species of the genus Canariella, C. gerti, clas­sified in the subgenus Majorata Alonso & Ibáñez, 2006, is described from Quaternary eolianites from the northwest­ern part of Fuerteventura, Canary Islands. Its relationships to other taxa of the family occurring on the Canary Islands and especially on Fuerteventura are discussed.

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