Plagiopyla nasuta, STEIN, 1860

PLAGIOPYLA NASUTA STEIN, 1860 View in CoL

( FIGS 6, 12–16; TABLES 4, 6)

Neotype material: The slide with the silver-stained neotype specimen (indicated with a black circle of ink on the coverslip) has been deposited in the collection of the ‘ Museo di Storia Naturale dell’Università di Pisa’ (Calci, Pisa, Italy), with registration number ‘2017-3’.

Neotype locality: Kolleru Lake in the proximity of Tokalapalli Village in West Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh, Southern India (N 16°44’16.0”, E 81°24’18.0”). This species inhabits freshwater sites with oxygen-depleted water, in presence of decomposed sediments (sapropel). GoogleMaps

Gene sequence: The 18S rRNA sequence of P. nasuta has been deposited in NCBI GenBank database with the following accession number: KY563719 View Materials .