Three new truncatelloidean gastropod species from Turkey (Caenogastropoda: Littorinimorpha)

Abstract

New species of Bithyniidae ( Pseudobithynia adiyamanensis sp. nov. ), Hydrobiidae ( Pseudorientalia ceritisp. nov. ), andBythinellidae ( Bythinella yerlii sp. nov. ) are described from three different locations in Turkey. Samples were collected in 2013 and 2016and the shell and male genital tract morphology of the new species were studied. All of these new taxa were compared to congeners thatlive in Turkey and adjacent countries.