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Deganta Arconada & M. A. Ramos, 2019
1327854 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1327854)
accepted
Genus
Neohoratia azarum Boeters & Rolán, 1988 accepted as Deganta azarum (Boeters & Rolán, 1988) (type by original designation)
recent only
feminine
Delicado, D.; Arconada, B.; Aguado, A.; Ramos, M. A. (2019). Multilocus phylogeny, species delimitation and biogeography of Iberian valvatiform springsnails (Caenogastropoda: Hydrobiidae), with the description of a new genus. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zly093 [details] Available for editors 
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Type locality contained in Asturias
type locality contained in Asturias [details]
Etymology The genus name refers to Deganta, the goddess of water in the prehistoric mythology of the Astures, Hispano-Celtic...
Nomenclature Work published online 13 Feb 2019; but act not registered in Zoobank; name available from the print version only
Taxonomy The phylogenetic position of this genus within this subfamily is still uncertain
Etymology The genus name refers to Deganta, the goddess of water in the prehistoric mythology of the Astures, Hispano-Celtic inhabitants of the northwestern Iberian Peninsula who believed in the purifying character of water [details]
Nomenclature Work published online 13 Feb 2019; but act not registered in Zoobank; name available from the print version only
Nomenclature Work published online 13 Feb 2019; but act not registered in Zoobank; name available from the print version only [details]
Taxonomy The phylogenetic position of this genus within this subfamily is still uncertain
Taxonomy The phylogenetic position of this genus within this subfamily is still uncertain [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Deganta Arconada & M. A. Ramos, 2019. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1327854 on 2025-09-12
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original description
Delicado, D.; Arconada, B.; Aguado, A.; Ramos, M. A. (2019). Multilocus phylogeny, species delimitation and biogeography of Iberian valvatiform springsnails (Caenogastropoda: Hydrobiidae), with the description of a new genus. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zly093 [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): 413 [details]
[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): 413 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology The genus name refers to Deganta, the goddess of water in the prehistoric mythology of the Astures, Hispano-Celtic inhabitants of the northwestern Iberian Peninsula who believed in the purifying character of water [details]Nomenclature Work published online 13 Feb 2019; but act not registered in Zoobank; name available from the print version only [details]
Taxonomy The phylogenetic position of this genus within this subfamily is still uncertain [details]
Unreviewed
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