Rupestrella dupotetii ( Terver, 1839 )

Kokshoorn, Bas & Gittenberger, Edmund, 2010, Chondrinidae taxonomy revisited: New synonymies, new taxa, and a checklist of species and subspecies (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata) 2539, Zootaxa 2539 (1), pp. 1-62 : 42

Rupestrella dupotetii ( Terver, 1839)

Type locality: Algeria, Béjaïa (Bougie) .

Notes.—Based on differences in shell shape and distributional range, Holyoak & Seddon (1986) recognized two subspecies in R. dupotetii , i.e. R. d. dupotetii in the eastern part of its African distribution and R. d. sebouensis in the west ( fig. 9a ). Additional material from southern Spain led Arrébola Burgos & Gittenberger (1993) to disagree with this distinction. Pending a revision of all north African taxa, we here follow the latter authors.

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FIGURE 9. Distribution of Rupestrella species in Spain and N-Africa. A, Type localities of the taxa recognized by Pilsbry (1918) with the approximate distribution of R. dupotetii in gray; B, Localities of R. philippii in N-Africa based on material in the collection of the RMNH.