MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
Grego, J.; Mumladze, L.; Falniowski, A.; Osikowski, A.; Rysiewska, A.; Palatov, D. M.; Hofman, S. (2020). Revealing the stygobiotic and crenobiotic molluscan biodiversity hotspot in Caucasus: Part I. The phylogeny of stygobiotic Sadlerianinae Szarowska, 2006 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Hydrobiidae) from Georgia with descriptions of five new genera and twenty-one new species. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 955: 1-77., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.955.51983 page(s): 48, pl. 15(1); Fig. 14A–C [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record
Glöer P. (2022). The freshwater gastropods of the West Palaearctis. Identification key, Anatomy, Ecology, Distribution. III. Hydrobiidae. <em>Hetlingen: The author.</em> 528 pp. page(s): 142, fig. 170 [details]
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Etymology Name derived from Latin word ignidona meaning of “donating fire”, referring to the gift of Prometheus to the mankind, indirectly indicating the name of type locality in the Prometheus Cave near Kutaisi [details]
Type locality Georgia, Imereti, Kumistavi, Prometheus Cave; 42°22'33"N, 42°36'2"E; 175 m a.s.l. [details]
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