%0 Journal Article
%T The microscopic ellobioid, Zospeum Bourguignat, 1856 (Pulmonata, Ellobioidea, Carychiidae) makes a big debut in Basque Country and the province of Burgos (Spain)
%A Adrienne Jochum
%A Alexander M. Weigand
%A Rajko Slapnik
%A Jana Valentincic
%J MalaCo
%D 2012
%I 
%X Two thriving colonies and a new distribution of the minute troglobitic ellobioid snail, Zospeum Bourguignat, 1856 have been discovered in the Cordillera Cant¨¢brica of northern Spain. This is the first report of Zospeum sp. in Arrikrutz Cave in the Aizkorri massif (Gipuzkoa, Basque Country). Another rich colony, including nest-like cavities comprising fecal strands of another Zospeum sp. was discovered in Cueva de Las Pa¨²les in Sierra Salvada (Burgos Province).
%K Mollusca
%K Ellobioidea
%K Carychiidae
%K Zospeum
%K troglobitic microsnails
%K endangered species
%K biospeleology
%U http://www.journal-malaco.fr/documents/jochum_etal_malaco8_2012.pdf