Type locality.

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Peter

Pešić

Vladimir

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Sarkhia

sarabensis

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Fig. 11a–c

Type locality.

Kermanshah Province, Sarabe–Sahne (= Sarabe – bede – Sarkh) city, stream, 27 June 2005.

Holotype

(ZMH 79374): Shell height 5.9 mm, width 2.3 mm.

Paratypes

(ZMH 79375): 1 specimen dissected.

Etymology.

Named after the region where the species was collected.

Description.

The yellowish shell is elongated conical with 6.5 whorls, which are slightly convex and separated by a deep suture. The aperture is oval with a sharp periostome, the umbilicus is closed. The surface is dull. Shell height 5.9 mm, width 2.3 mm.

Differentiating features.

The slim elongated conical shell with more than 5 whorls (Fig. 11a) is characteristic and separates this species from Sarkhia kermanshahensis (see below).

Distribution.

Iran, Kermanshah Province; only known from type locality.

Figure 11.

Sarkhia sarabensis nov. sp.a shell b, c penis in situ.