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Ecology, shell morphology, anatomy and sperm ultrastructure of the caenogastropod Pyrgula annulata, with a discussion of the relationship between the ‘Pyrgulidae’ and Caspian and Baikalian Rissooideans |
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| Authors: | Frank Riedel John M Healy Peter Rpstorf Tatiana Ya Sitnikova |
| Institution: | 1Freie Universität Berlin, Institute of Geological Sciences, Berlin, Germany 2University of Queensland, Centre for Marine Studies, Brisbane, Australia 3Russian Academy of Sciences, Limnological Institute, Irkutsk, Russia |
| Abstract: | The composition of the Pyrgulidae and its relationships to other member families of the caenogastropod superfamily Rissooidea are examined after a consideration of new anatomical (including gross anatomy, sperm ultrastructure), conchological (including protoconch features), ecological, biogeographical and palaeontological data and a re-evaluation of existing literature. Pyrgulidae can be distinguished from hydrobiids unequivocally only with the aid of the radula. Sperm ultrastructural features suggest a very close relationship between the Pyrgulidae, the Hydrobiidae and the Bithyniidae (in fact no family-diagnostic sperm characters can be found to separate these three taxa). Based upon neontological and fossil evidence it is likely that pyrgulids represent a Miocene offshoot from a paratethyal hydrobiid lineage. Pyrgulids may also represent the stock from which the baicaliids arose, in which case the Pyrgulidae must be considered a paraphyletic group. The huge biogeographic gap between the Caspian Sea and Lake Baikal is to some extent bridged by the finding of a Neogene pyrgulid from the Altai Mountains. An alternative scenario for the origin of baicaliids is presented. |
| Keywords: | Gastropods Systematics Zoogeography Lake Garda Caspian Sea Lake Baikal |
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