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Imeretiopsis prometheus Grego & Palatov, 2020
1452072 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1452072)
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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): 25, pl. 6(1–6); 7(1); 9(7) [details] Available for editors
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Type locality contained in Georgia (Country)
, Note Georgia, Imereti, Kumistavi, Prometheus Cave;...
type locality contained in Georgia (Country) [details]
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Type locality Georgia, Imereti, Kumistavi, Prometheus Cave; 42°22'33"N, 42°36'2"E; 175 m a.s.l [details]
Etymology Name is derived from the type locality inside Prometheus Cave. The cave was named after Prometheus, the Titan of Greek...
Etymology Name is derived from the type locality inside Prometheus Cave. The cave was named after Prometheus, the Titan of Greek mythology, who created mankind from clay, stealing the fire from gods and providing it to humanity. As punishment, he was eternally bound to a rock at Caucasus Mountains, where each day an eagle was sent to feed on his liver. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Imeretiopsis prometheus Grego & Palatov, 2020. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1452072 on 2024-07-02
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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): 25, pl. 6(1–6); 7(1); 9(7) [details] Available for editors
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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): 133, fig. 154 [details]
page(s): 25, pl. 6(1–6); 7(1); 9(7) [details] Available for editors
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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): 133, fig. 154 [details]
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Etymology Name is derived from the type locality inside Prometheus Cave. The cave was named after Prometheus, the Titan of Greek mythology, who created mankind from clay, stealing the fire from gods and providing it to humanity. As punishment, he was eternally bound to a rock at Caucasus Mountains, where each day an eagle was sent to feed on his liver. [details]Type locality Georgia, Imereti, Kumistavi, Prometheus Cave; 42°22'33"N, 42°36'2"E; 175 m a.s.l [details]