Xeromunda, MONTEROSATO, 1892

Hausdorf, Bernhard & Sauer, Jan, 2009, Revision of the Helicellinae of Crete (Gastropoda: Hygromiidae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 157 (2), pp. 373-419 : 410-412

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XEROMUNDA MONTEROSATO, 1892 View in CoL

Xeromunda Monterosato, 1892: 25 View in CoL . Type species ( Opinion 1719, 1993): Helix candiota L. Pfeiffer, 1849 . Diagnosis: Xeromunda View in CoL is characterized by a single large dart sac, and an accessory sac that is transformed into a cavity between the vagina wall, the dart sac, and a tissue-layer that envelopes parts of the vagina and the dart sac. The inner structure of the genitalia has been described in detail by Hausdorf (1988) and Manganelli & Giusti (1989). The penis is innervated from the right cerebral ganglion.

XEROMUNDA CANDIOTA (L. PFEIFFER, 1849) View in CoL

( FIGS 12E View Figure 12 , 13C View Figure 13 , 14B; TABLES View Figure 14 1, 15, AND 19)

Helix candiota L. Pfeiffer, 1849: 255 . Locus typicus (see Mousson, 1854: 10, 12): ‘Syra’, ‘Canée’, ‘Macédoine’, Greece.

Helix candiota – Mousson, 1854: 10.

Helix turbinata – Raulin, 1870: 652 (non Cristofori & Jan, 1832 nec Gmelin, 1791).

Abbreviations: da, dart apparatus; epd, epiphallus distal of the insertion of the penial retractor; epp, epiphallus proximal of the insertion of the penial retractor; fl, flagellum; p, penis; vda, vagina up to the base of the dart apparatus; vgm, vagina up to the glandulae mucosae; vt, total length of the vagina.

Helix (Xerophila) turbinata – Westerlund & Blanc, 1879: 64 (non Cristofori & Jan, 1832 nec Gmelin, 1791).

Helix (Xerophila) turbinata var. candiota – Westerlund & Blanc, 1879: 64.

Helix (Xeromunda) candiota – Cecconi, 1896: 219.

Helicella (Xeromunda) candiota – Haas, 1935: 111.

Xeromunda candiota View in CoL – Hausdorf, 1988: 25, figs 18, 19.

Xeromunda candiota View in CoL – Manganelli & Giusti, 1989: 6, figs 3–4, pl. 4A–H.

Xeromunda candiota View in CoL – Falkner, 1990: 210, fig. 211/11.

Xeromunda (Xeromunda) candiota View in CoL – Hausdorf, 1990a: 109, figs 1–2, pl. 1, fig. 1.

Cernuella candiota – Vardinoyannis & Mylonas, 1988: 139.

Cernuella candiota – Vardinoyannis, 1994: 84, 87, 129, map 42.

Diagnosis: Xeromunda candiota is characterized by a conical-globular shell, with a very narrow umbilicus and a very short flagellum. It differs from the conchologically similar Xeromunda durieui (L. Pfeiffer, 1848) from North Africa, Puglia, and Cyprus (?) in the larger dart sac, the comparatively smaller basal portion of the dart apparatus, and the shorter flagellum (see Manganelli & Giusti, 1989).

Shell ( Fig. 13C View Figure 13 ; Table 1): Conical-globular; with 4–5 convex whorls; teleoconch with irregular fine ribs, irregular impressions, and partly with incised spiral striae; whitish, with an irregular brownish pattern; body whorl rounded or with a blunt edge at the beginning; aperture almost circular; upper insertion of the peristome not or slightly descending; peristome sharp, not expanded, brownish on the inside, with a whitish internal rib; umbilicus very narrow, partly obscured by the columellar edge.

Genitalia ( Fig. 14B View Figure 14 ; Table 15 and 19): See diagnosis of the genus. A more detailed description of the genitalia has been given by Hausdorf (1988) and Manganelli & Giusti (1989).

Remarks: The name Helix candiota ‘Frivaldsky’ was first published by Pfeiffer (1849) in the synonymy of Helix turbinata Cristofori & Jan, 1832 . Mousson (1854) made this name available by adopting it as a valid name (Art. 11.6.1, ICZN, 1999; see also Opinion 1719, 1993). The author of this name is Pfeiffer (1849) (Art. 50.7, ICZN, 1999). According to Art. 72.4.3, ICZN, 1999, ‘The type series of a nominal speciesgroup taxon of which the name was first published as a junior synonym... consists of the specimen (or specimens) cited with that name in the published synonymy, or, if none was cited there, denoted by that name when it was adopted as the name of a taxon’. Pfeiffer (1849) did not cite any specimens with H. candiota in the synonymy. Therefore, the specimens from ‘Syra’, ‘Canée’, and ‘Macédoine’ denoted by Mousson (1854) with that name are the syntypes of the taxon.

Distribution ( Fig. 12E View Figure 12 ): Only material from the Peloponnessos and the Aegean Islands has been determined anatomically. Records from Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, the Lebanon, and North Africa (see e.g. Brandt, 1959) must be confirmed anatomically, because they might refer to X. durieui (L. Pfeiffer, 1848) .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Stylommatophora

Family

Geomitridae

Loc

Xeromunda

Hausdorf, Bernhard & Sauer, Jan 2009
2009
Loc

Cernuella candiota

Vardinoyannis K 1994: 84
1994
Loc

Xeromunda candiota

Falkner G 1990: 210
1990
Loc

Xeromunda (Xeromunda) candiota

Hausdorf B 1990: 109
1990
Loc

Xeromunda candiota

Manganelli G & Giusti F 1989: 6
1989
Loc

Xeromunda candiota

Hausdorf B 1988: 25
1988
Loc

Cernuella candiota

Vardinoyannis K & Mylonas M 1988: 139
1988
Loc

Helicella (Xeromunda) candiota

Haas F 1935: 111
1935
Loc

Helix (Xeromunda) candiota

Cecconi G 1896: 219
1896
Loc

Xeromunda Monterosato, 1892: 25

Monterosato TA Di 1892: 25
1892
Loc

Helix (Xerophila) turbinata

Westerlund CA & Blanc H 1879: 64
1879
Loc

Helix (Xerophila) turbinata var. candiota

Westerlund CA & Blanc H 1879: 64
1879
Loc

Helix turbinata

Raulin V 1870: 652
1870
Loc

Helix candiota

Mousson A 1854: 10
1854
Loc

Helix candiota L. Pfeiffer, 1849: 255

Mousson A 1854: 10
Pfeiffer L 1849: 255
1849
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