Spelaeodiscus albanicus edentatus Pall-Gergely & P. L. Reischuetz, 2018

Pall-Gergely, Barna, Deli, Tamas, Eross, Zoltan Peter, Reischuetz, Peter L., Reischuetz, Alexander & Feher, Zoltan, 2018, Revision of the subterranean genus Spelaeodiscus Brusina, 1886 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Spelaeodiscidae), ZooKeys 769, pp. 13-48 : 13

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.769.25258

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C31B0F6B-D3C2-42CD-BAED-8CE9D5769E8A

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D00AA0E9-7121-451A-91C0-25655AAAED3C

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:D00AA0E9-7121-451A-91C0-25655AAAED3C

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scientific name

Spelaeodiscus albanicus edentatus Pall-Gergely & P. L. Reischuetz
status

ssp. n.

Spelaeodiscus albanicus edentatus Pall-Gergely & P. L. Reischuetz ssp. n. Figure 5A-L View Figure 5

Spelaeodiscus sp. ( Spelaeodiscus aff. obodensis ) - Reischütz et al. 2013: 62.

Type material.

Albania, rocks along the road Hani i Hotit to Vermosh, 7.2-7.8 km north of the junction, 370 m a.s.l., 42°22.451'N, 19°27.507'E, leg. A. Reischütz, N. Reischütz & P. L. Reischütz, Apr. 2014, NHMW 112360/1 (holotype, SW: 4.2 mm, SH: 2.2 mm, Fig. 5A-F View Figure 5 ), REI/4 paratypes; rocks above Hani i Hotit, leg. A. Reischütz, N. Reischütz & P. L. Reischütz, Apr. 2012, REI/1 paratypes; Montenegro, Podgorica Municipality, Izvor Vitoja S 1 km, near Shkodra Lake, 30 m, limestone rocks, 42°19.176'N, 19°22.158'E (site code: 2015/105), leg. Z.P. Erőss, Z. Fehér, J. Grego, 05 Jul. 2015, HNHM 103197/4 paratypes, JG/4 paratypes, NHMW 112359/4 paratypes; Montenegro, rocks across the road at Vitoja, Skadarsko Jezero, 16 m a.s.l., 42°19.554'N, 19°21.776'E, leg. A. Reischütz, N. Reischütz & P. L. Reischütz, Apr. 2012, NHMW 112361/1 (photographed paratype, Fig. 5G-L View Figure 5 ), REI/4 paratypes.

Additional material.

Albania, Malesia district, Xhajë NE 0.5 km, 650 m a.s.l., 42°19.838'N, 19°36.341'E (site code: 2015/103), rocks, leg. Z.P. Erőss, Z. Fehér & J. Grego, 04.07.2015, HNHM 103493/ 5 juvenile shells (not paratypes) GoogleMaps ; NHMW 110430/MN/0985/ 5 juvenile shells (not paratypes), JG/ 6 juvenile shells (not paratypes).

Type locality.

Albania, rocks along the road Hani i Hotit to Vermosh, 7.2-7.8 km north of the junction, 370 m a.s.l., 42°22.451'N, 19°27.507'E.

Diagnosis.

Protoconch glossy; aperture without teeth.

Measurements. SW: 3.6-4.2 mm (median = 4.0 mm), SH: 1.9-2.2 mm (median = 2.1 mm), AW: 1.5-1.7 mm (median = 1.6 mm), AH: 1.3-1.6 mm (median = 1.4 mm), (n = 6; largest and smallest specimens of multiple populations measured).

Differential diagnosis.

This new subspecies differs from the nominotypical subspecies in the following traits: aperture relatively larger, and its basal area not straight; apertural barriers (teeth) absent; protoconch smooth, glossy; ribs somewhat less dense (rib density on body whorl: 35-54).

Variation among specimens.

This subspecies shows some variability in terms of shell size and rib density.

Etymology.

This new subspecies is named after its toothless aperture, which distinguishes it from the nominotypical subspecies.

Distribution.

This taxon is found in the northeastern part of the Lake Shkodër Basin (Figure 4 View Figure 4 ).

Conservation status.

See under Spelaeodiscus albanicus .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Stylommatophora

Family

Spelaeodiscidae

Genus

Spelaeodiscus

Loc

Spelaeodiscus albanicus edentatus Pall-Gergely & P. L. Reischuetz

Pall-Gergely, Barna, Deli, Tamas, Eross, Zoltan Peter, Reischuetz, Peter L., Reischuetz, Alexander & Feher, Zoltan 2018
2018
Loc

Spelaeodiscus

Páll-Gergely & Deli & Erőss & Reischütz & Reischütz & Fehér 2018
2018
Loc

Spelaeodiscus aff. obodensis

Páll-Gergely & Deli & Erőss & Reischütz & Reischütz & Fehér 2018
2018