Virpazaria (Virpazaria) stojaspali Reischütz et al., 2009

Fehér, Zoltán, Deli, Tamás, Erőss, Zoltán P. & Lika, Romilda, 2019, Taxonomic revision of the subterranean genus Virpazaria Gittenberger, 1969 (Gastropoda, Spelaeodiscidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 558, pp. 1-25 : 18-19

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2019.558

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:5B9DC474-1F26-4732-B7B8-32C285FE0099

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3475240

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B17A5A-F703-FC4F-FE02-F3AA6B94FD30

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Virpazaria (Virpazaria) stojaspali Reischütz et al., 2009
status

 

Virpazaria (Virpazaria) stojaspali Reischütz et al., 2009 View in CoL

Fig. 3 View Fig F–L

Virpazaria stojaspali A. Reischütz, P.L. Reischütz & Subai View in CoL in A. Reischütz & P.L. Reischütz 2009: 58, figs 6–7.

Virpazaria stojaspali – Subai 2009: 109 View in CoL , fig. 10. – Welter-Schultes 2012: 212 (in part).

Diagnosis

Disc-shaped shell, entirely flat on topside. Protoconch relatively large and somewhat prominent. Body whorl silhouette shouldered, umbilicus wide. Aperture very narrow crescent-shaped, entirely covered by a parietal flap in frontal view. Peristome thickened, without knobs.

Material examined

Holotype

MONTENEGRO • Rumija Mts , rocks above Bes ; Jul. 2008; A. Reischütz, N. Reischütz and P.L. Reischütz leg.; NHMW 106690 View Materials .

Paratypes

MONTENEGRO • 1 spec.; Mt. Kroništar , S slope , approx. 10 km E of Ðuravci, in direction to Ostros , S of Lake Skadar ; 350 m alt.; 21 Sep. 2005; P. Subai leg.; SMF 333502 29 spec.; same collection data as for preceding; NMBE 539839 1 spec.; same locality as for preceding; 16 Sep. 2006; P. Subai leg.; HNHM 96784 About HNHM 26 spec.; same collection data as for preceding; NMBE 539838 4 spec.; near preceding locality, on W slope ; 26 Sep. 2006; P. Subai and M. Szekeres leg.; NMBE 539840 .

Other material

MONTENEGRO • Donji Murići , above village , at junction of a minor road to Besa ; 42.1539° N, 19.2155° E; 200 m alt.; 16 Jul. 2017; Z. Erőss and Z. Fehér leg.; HNHM 103443 About HNHM GoogleMaps Besa , Krone i Besit, 2 km S of Donji Murići junction on Virpazar–Ostros road ; 42.1424° N, 19.2197° E; 320 m alt.; 16 Jul. 2017; Z. Erőss and Z. Fehér leg.; HNHM 103216 About HNHM GoogleMaps same locality as for preceding; 19 Oct. 2017; T. Deli, Z. Erőss, A. Hunyadi and B. Páll-Gergely leg.; DT GoogleMaps same collection data as for preceding; ER GoogleMaps SE of Virpazar , 7.3 km S (SE) of Ðuravci, 1.6 km NNW of Tejani; 42.1134° N, 19.2231° E; 455 m alt.; 19 Oct. 2017; T. Deli, Z. Erőss, A. Hunyadi and B. Páll-Gergely leg.; DT GoogleMaps same collection data as for preceding; ER GoogleMaps Rumija Mts , 2 km S of Arbnež, on Ostros–Ulcinj road , SW of Štegvaš Pass ; 42.0636° N, 19.3710° E; 480 m alt.; 16 Jul. 2017; Z. Erőss and Z. Fehér leg.; HNHM 103447 About HNHM GoogleMaps Rumija Mts , 4 km S of Arbnež, on Ostros–Ulcinj road , 2 km S of Štegvaš Pass; 42.0582° N, 19.3535° E; 350 m alt.; 28 May 2015; T. Deli, Z. Erőss and Z. Fehér leg.; HNHM 103441 About HNHM GoogleMaps same collection data as for preceding; NHMW 110430/MN/0997 GoogleMaps same locality as for preceding; 16 Jul. 2017; Z. Erőss and Z. Fehér leg.; HNHM 103449 About HNHM GoogleMaps .

Dimensions

H 1.7–2.0 mm; W 2.8–3.3 mm.

Distribution

This species lives in the Rumija Mts west of Lake Skadar. Type material came from two locations ( Reischütz & Reischütz 2009; Subai 2009), but none of them were georeferenced. Our findings extend the known species range and reveal its co-occurrence with three congeneric species, namely V. aspectulabeatidis , V. gittenbergeri sp. nov. and V. pesici sp. nov. The georeferenced occurrences are from Upper–Middle Triassic and from Upper–Middle Jurassic limestone.

Remarks

Referring to alleged morphological similarity, Welter-Schultes (2012) claimed that this species might be a junior synonym of V. adrianae Gittenberger, 1969 . In our opinion, the shapes of the shells of these two species are totally different; V. stojaspali is the only known species of Virpazaria with an entirely flat topside. Furthermore, the apertures are also very different, with three knobs in V. adrianae and without any knobs in V. stojaspali .

NHMW

Austria, Wien, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien

NHMW

Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Stylommatophora

Family

Spelaeodiscidae

Genus

Virpazaria

Loc

Virpazaria (Virpazaria) stojaspali Reischütz et al., 2009

Fehér, Zoltán, Deli, Tamás, Erőss, Zoltán P. & Lika, Romilda 2019
2019
Loc

Virpazaria stojaspali A. Reischütz, P.L. Reischütz & Subai

Reischutz A. & Reischutz P. L. 2009: 58
2009
Loc

Virpazaria stojaspali – Subai 2009: 109

Welter-Schultes F. W. 2012: 212
Subai P. 2009: 109
2009
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