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Caucasogeyeria chrysomallos Grego & Mumladze, 2020
1452448 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1452448)
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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): 53, pl. 16(1–8); 17(3); 18(1); Fig. 14D [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 53, pl. 16(1–8); 17(3); 18(1); Fig. 14D [details] Available for editors
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Type locality contained in Georgia (Country)
, Note Georgia • Samegrelo, Kanti Village near...
type locality contained in Georgia (Country) [details]
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Type locality Georgia • Samegrelo, Kanti Village near Mukhuri, Mapeli Spring; 42°38'23"N, 42°10'08"E; 290 m a.s.l. [details]
Etymology Name derived from the Greek name Chrysomallos, meaning Golden Fleece (symbol of authority and monarchy), which, according...
Etymology Name derived from the Greek name Chrysomallos, meaning Golden Fleece (symbol of authority and monarchy), which, according to Greek mythology, was held in Colchis. Jason and his crew of Argonauts were sent out on a quest for the Golden Fleece by order of King Pelias [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Caucasogeyeria chrysomallos Grego & Mumladze, 2020. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1452448 on 2025-09-12
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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): 53, pl. 16(1–8); 17(3); 18(1); Fig. 14D [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): 144, fig. 173 [details]
page(s): 53, pl. 16(1–8); 17(3); 18(1); Fig. 14D [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): 144, fig. 173 [details]
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Etymology Name derived from the Greek name Chrysomallos, meaning Golden Fleece (symbol of authority and monarchy), which, according to Greek mythology, was held in Colchis. Jason and his crew of Argonauts were sent out on a quest for the Golden Fleece by order of King Pelias [details]Type locality Georgia • Samegrelo, Kanti Village near Mukhuri, Mapeli Spring; 42°38'23"N, 42°10'08"E; 290 m a.s.l. [details]
