Nitor circumcincta ( Cox, 1868 )
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Nitor circumcincta ( Cox, 1868) View in CoL
Figures 10D View FIGURE 10 , 11D View FIGURE 11 , 16B, F View FIGURE 16 , 17J–L View FIGURE 17 , 18E View FIGURE 18 , 19E View FIGURE 19 , 20D View FIGURE 20 , 21E View FIGURE 21 , 22A View FIGURE 22
Helix marmorata Cox, 1864: 20 View in CoL [not Helix marmorata View in CoL of Férussac, 1821].
Helix (Xesta) circumcincta Cox, 1868: 3 , pl. 5, figs 6a–b [nom. nov. for Helix marmorata Cox, 1864 View in CoL ].
Nanina View in CoL (subg. Xesta, sect. Macrochlamys View in CoL ) marmorata: Tryon, 1885: 105 View in CoL , pl. 35, figs 39–40.
Nanina marmorata: Hedley, 1888: 50 .
Microcystis circumcincta: Gabriel, 1930: 85–86 .
Melocystis circumcincta: Iredale, 1937c: 5 ; Smith, 1992: 238.
Material examined. New South Wales, Australia: Possible syntype: AM C104161 (one shell measured, photographed), Kiama (34º40' S, 150º51' E), pre 1864, G. Masters GoogleMaps .
Other material: AM C365822 (one specimen dissected; juvenile), bottom of Macquarie Pass , ca. 300 m along walking track (34º34.37' S, 150º40.6' E), in leaf litter from subtropical rainforest, 6 Jul. 1999, L. Brincat GoogleMaps ; AM C356607 (two specimens dissected; one radula examined), NW of Kiama, near Jamberoo , Jamberoo Mt., (34º39' S, 150º42' E), in leaf litter in rainforest, 8 Nov. 1987, G. Hunt & party GoogleMaps .
Description. External morphology: Shell ( Figures 16B, F View FIGURE 16 , 19E View FIGURE 19 , 20D View FIGURE 20 , 21E View FIGURE 21 ) 4.3 whorls, golden brown with a broad peripheral colourless band; shell shape and sculpture as for genus; whorl profile flattened above and below sub-angular periphery; umbilicus open, very narrow U-shape. Animal cream and grey. Mantle laps moderately small, as for genus; mantle lobes as for genus. Caudal horn moderately small; caudal foss diamond-shaped slit in tail.
Mantle cavity ( Figure 10D View FIGURE 10 ): As for genus. Mantle with faintly visible minor blood vessels, pigmentation of black and white spots, mantle gland absent.
Digestive system: As for genus.
Genital system ( Figures 18E View FIGURE 18 , 22A View FIGURE 22 ): As for genus. Bursa copulatrix internally with longitudinal pilasters. Penis long; epiphallus enters penis through two fleshy lips; penis internally smooth, four to five longitudinal penis pilasters present, penial diverticulum absent. Penial sheath present, enclosing only base of penis. Epiphallus longer than penis, internally with longitudinal pilasters. Spermatophore as for genus.
Radula (17J–L): As for genus. Radular formula (~58.10.1.10.~58) × at least 80 rows.
Range and habitat. Nitor circumcincta is found from Moruya in southeastern New South Wales to the Royal National Park, south of Sydney, usually in rainforest and vine thickets but sometimes in wet sclerophyll forest. There is also a single specimen known from south of Eden, close to the New South Wales-Victoria bor- der. Specimens are usually found under rocks or in leaf litter.
Remarks. Nitor circumcincta is synonymised here with Helix marmorata ( Cox 1864) . However, the species referred to as Microcystis marmorata by Odhner (1917) was probably Nitor subrugata ( Iredale 1941) .
Nitor circumcincta has previously been included in the genus Melocystis . However, Iredale (1941) grouped Melocystis (then containing only circumcincta ) with Nitor in the family Nitoridae . In the current study, N. circumcincta did not group with the other Nitor species in the phylogenetic analysis ( Figure 4 View FIGURE 4 ). Despite this, the strong anatomical similarities between N. circumcincta , N. wiangariensis and N. subrugata (flagellum type, epiphallic caecum and attachment of penis retractor muscle, vagina length, internal structure of the penis, spermatophore sculpture) suggest that this is the best current placement of this species. Nitor circumcincta lacks the peripheral keel present on the shells of N. wiangariensis and N. subrugata ; however, it shares the flattened whorl profile seen in both species and has a slightly angulate periphery.
Cox, J. C. (1864) Catalogue of Specimens of the Australian Land Shells in the Collection of James C. Cox. John Alex Engel, Sydney, 44 pp.
Cox, J. C. (1868) A Monograph of Australian Land Shells. William Maddock, Sydney, 110 pp.
Ferussac, A. E. J. P. J. F. d'Audebard de (1821) Tableaux systematiques des animaux mollusques classes en familles naturelles, dans lesquels on a etabli la concordance de tous les systemes; suivis d'un Prodrome general pour tous les mollusques terrestres ou fluviatiles, vivants ou fossiles. A. Bertrand, Paris, 184 pp.
Gabriel, C. J. (1930) Catalogue of the land shells of Victoria. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 43, 62 - 88.
Hedley, C. (1888) A list of the land shells recorded from Queensland. Royal Society of Queensland, 5, 45 - 70.
Iredale, T. (1937 c) A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia - part II. Australian Zoologist, 9, 1 - 39.
Iredale, T. (1941) Guide to the land shells of New South Wales - part III. The Australian Naturalist, 11, 1 - 8.
Odhner, N. H. J. (1917) Results of Dr. E. Mjobergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910 - 1913. XVII. Mollusca. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar., 52, 1 - 115.
Smith, B. J. (1992) Non-marine Mollusca. In: Houston, W. W. K. (Ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, pp. 408.
Tryon, G. W. j. (1885) Manual of Conchology; Structural and Systematic. Second Series: Pulmonata. Volume I. Testacellidae, Oleacinidae, Streptaxidae, Helicoidea, Vitrinidae, Limacidae, Arionidae. G. W. Tryon, jnr, Philadelphia.
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Nitor circumcincta ( Cox, 1868 )
Hyman, Isabel T. & Ponder, Winston F. 2010 |
Melocystis circumcincta:
Smith, B. J. 1992: 238 |
Iredale, T. 1937: 5 |
Microcystis circumcincta:
Gabriel, C. J. 1930: 86 |
Nanina marmorata:
Hedley, C. 1888: 50 |
Nanina
Tryon, G. W. 1885: 105 |
Helix (Xesta) circumcincta
Cox, J. C. 1868: 3 |
Helix marmorata
Cox, J. C. 1864: 20 |