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Published February 18, 2019 | Version v1
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First record of subterranean freshwater gastropods (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Cochliopidae) from the cenotes of Yucatán state

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  • 1. Unaffiliated, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
  • 2. Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary|National Autonomous University of México, Sisal, Mexico
  • 3. National Autonomous University of México, Sisal, Mexico

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The biospeleological investigations of several cenotes in the eastern region of Yucatán state, Mexico, during January 2018 yielded, among other invertebrates, two new truncatelloid gastropod species described herein as Mexicenotica xochii gen. n. et sp. n. and Pyrgophorus thompsoni sp. n. Both species represent the first record of stygobiont gastropod species from the cenotes of Yucatán indicating the high biodiversity potential of the studied area.

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