GlöerPeterPešićVladimirThe freshwater snails (Gastropoda) of Iran, with descriptions of two new genera and eight new speciesZookeys3920122012219116110.3897/zookeys.219.3406 Ecrobia grimmi http://species-id.net/wiki/Ecrobia_grimmi (Clessin & Dybowski, 1888)Figs 8a, cNew records.

Hormozgan Province:IR14-11 [12 ad., 20 juv.].

Associated species.

Cerithidea cingulata, Heleobia dalmatica, Pseudamnicola sp.

Remarks.

On the base of molecular results, Haase et al. (2010) concluded that Ecrobia grimmi from the mixomesohaline Lake Sawa (Iraq) was possibly transported by migrating birds from the Caspian Sea. The identification of our material of Ecrobia grimmi as well of Heleobia dalmatica was confirmed by using molecular techniques (Martin Haase pers. communication). An analysis of the specimens from NHMW published by Starmühlner and Edlauer (1957) as Hydrobia acuta shows that these specimens probably belong to Ecrobia grimmi (see Fig. 8c).

Distribution.

Caspian Sea; Iraq, Iran.

Figure 8. The molluscs of brackish waters. a Ecrobia grimmi b Heleobia dalmatica c Ecrobia grimmi from Edlauer‘s collection (NHMW, “Hydrobia acuta” 75000/E/60453) d Cerithidea cingulata.

HaaseMNaserMDWilkeT (2010) Ecrobia grimmi in brackish Lake Sawa, Iraq: indirect evidence for long-distance dispersal of hydrobiid gastropods (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea) by birds.Journal of Molluscan studies 76: 101-105. doi: 10.1093/mollus/eyp051StarmühlnerFEdlauerA (1957) Ergebnisse der Österreichischen Iran-Expedition 1949/50 (Mit Berücksichtigung der Ausbeute der Österreichischen Iran-Expedition 1956): Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Molluskenfauna des Iran. Sitzungsberichte der österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Abteilung I, 166 (9/10): 435–494.