Quadriplicata sp.

Mumladze, Levan, Grego, Jozef & Szekeres, Miklos, 2023, The land snail family Clausiliidae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Stylommatophora) in Georgia: overview, novel records and a new species, Caucasiana 2, pp. 29-61 : 29

Quadriplicata sp.

Figures 13G , 15C

Distribution.

Upper valley of the Alazani River (Kakheti).

Habitat.

Cliffs in deciduous forests above 1000 m; on cliffs and under stones.

Occurrence data.

Kakheti • N42.2765°, E45.3524°; 1280 m; leg. JG-LM-MS, 2021 (ISU, JG, MS) • N42.2744°, E45.3517°; 1200 m; leg. DM, 2019 (HNHM 104478).

Remark.

This Quadriplicata represents a new species, which was discovered earlier by Bernhard Hausdorf's research team (Hamburg) at a location farther northwest in Kakheti. Its description is expected to be published soon by members of the Hamburg group.

Figures

Figure 13. (A) Mucronaria (Index) index, Adjara, near Mtsvane Kontskhi, N 41.6890 °, E 41.7055 °. (B) Mucronaria (Index) pleuroptychia, Imereti, near the Motsameta Monastery, N 42.2828 °, E 42.7583 °. (C) Quadriplicata dipolauchen, Imereti, Satsiskvilo, N 42.4792 °, E 42.5440 °. (D) Quadriplicata lederi, Samtskhe-Javakheti, at the Mtsvane Monastery, N 41.8036 °, E 43.3180 °. (E) Quadriplicata quadriplicata, Kakheti, Artsivi Gorge northwest of Dedoplistskaro, N 41.4921 °, E 46.0994 °. (F) Quadriplicata subaggesta, Adjara, Makhinjauri northeast of Batumi, N 41.6713 °, E 41.6900 °. (G) Quadriplicata sp., Kakheti, Khadori Gorge, N 42.2765 °, E 45.3524 °. (H) Scrobifera taurica, Kakheti, valley of the Alazani River near Birkiani, N 42.2368 °, E 45.3386 °. (I) Strigileuxina reuleauxi, Imereti, north of Sairme, N 41.9236 °, E 42.7494 °. Scale bar: 5 mm

Figure 15. Occurrence records of Quadriplicata quadriplicata (A), Quadriplicata subaggesta (B) and Quadriplicata sp. (C). Symbols are as in Figure 2.