title: New taxa and distributional notes on Abbottella and related taxa (Gastropoda: Littorinoidea: Annulariidae).
abstract: Seven new species of Abbottella and related taxa are described from Hispaniola: Abbottella calliotropis n. sp., Abbottella diadema n. sp., Abbottella dichroa n. sp., Abbottella nitens n. sp., Abbottella paradoxa n. sp., Abbottella tenebrosa n. sp., and Leiabbottella thompsoni n. sp. Distributional and habitat notes are given for additional taxa.
authors.affiliation: Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University, 1315 Kinnear Road, Columbus, Ohio 43212, USA. watters.1@osu.edu
authors.forename: G Thomas
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Watters
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D004293:Dominican Republic; D049851:Gastropoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D005843:Geography