S2E9: A new spring-snail species from the Belasitsa Mountains!

Written By Livia Miller

Dilian Georgiev is an Associate Professor in the department of Ecology and Environmental Protection at The Paisii Hilendarski University of Plovdiv.

In this episode, he tells Zoe about his recent paper in volume 44 of Historia naturalis bulgarica, in which he and his coauthors describe a new species of spring-snail from the Belasitsa Mountains in South-West Bulgaria.

He describes spring-snail evolution, tells us some stories about caving, and shares some wise words about the importance of conservation. The title of the paper is "Bythinella fabiae n. sp., a new spring-snail species (Gastropoda: Rissooidea) from the Belasitsa Mountains, South-West Bulgaria."

The paper can be found here: https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.44.041 .

Livia Miller

Collaboration-minded freelance web designer with experience in information architecture and communications production.

https://krohnmiller.info
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