Cochlostoma (T.) mnelense (Wagner, 1914)

Zallot, Enrico, Kamchev, Panche, Schilthuizen, Menno, Fehér, Zoltán, Mattia, Willy De & Gittenberger, Edmund, 2024, Cochlostoma Jan, 1830 revised: an overview of the subgenus Turritus Westerlund, 1883 and its species (Caenogastropoda, Cochlostomatidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 927, pp. 1-163 : 52-55

Cochlostoma (T.) mnelense (Wagner, 1914)

Figs 44 (red dots; mnelense cf.=orange dots), 45A–D, 46–50

Auritus sturanyi mnelensis Sturany & Wagner, 1914: 66–67 , pl. 18 fig. 109.

Syntypes

ALBANIA • 3 ♀♀; “ Auritus sturanyi mnelensis, Orig. Expl. A. J.Wgn, Berg Mnela b. Oroshi, Mirdita, Albanien”, Buljubašic leg.; 1905; NHMW41173 • 1 ♀, 3 ♂♂; “ A. sturanyi mnelensis, Berg Mnela bei Oroshi Mirdita Albanien ”, MIZPASW7087 .

Other specimens

ALBANIA • 1- Mali i Munellës (topotypical); 41.9697° N, 20.1131° E; 2016; Erőss, Fehér, Szekeres and Grego leg.; HNHM99864 • 2- 2.5 km N of Ndërshenë; 41.8423° N, 20.0945° E; 2010; Fehér, Murányi and Ujvári leg.; HNHM99321 • 3- Mërkuth ; 41.8135° N, 20.1397° E; 2010; Fehér, Murányi and Ujvári leg.; HNHM99322 • 4- Shent Mts ; 41.8546° N, 20.1217° E; 2010; Fehér, Murányi and Ujvári leg.; HNHM99325 • 4- Mali i Shentit 1383; 41.8524° N, 20.1234° E; 2014; Angyal, Erőss, Fehér and Grego leg.; HNHM99167 • 5- Mali i Shentit 1310; 41.8595° N, 20.1493° E; 2014; Angyal, Eröss, Fehér and Grego leg.; HNHM99170 • 6- Krej-Lurë ; 41.8382° N, 20.1665° E; 2007; Dányi, Erőss, Fehér, Hunyadi and Murányi leg.; HNHM99883 • 7- Strelcë to Selcë e Poshtëme ; 40.7462° N, 20.5123° E; 2014; Angyal, Erőss, Grego and Fehér leg.; HNHM99400 • 8- Strelcë ; 40.7301° N, 20.5039° E; 2014; Angyal, Erőss, Fehér and Grego leg.; HNHM99388 • 9- Maja e Ramiës ; 40.5602° N, 20.2645° E; 2004; Barina, Fehér, Németh and Pifkó leg.; HNHM97140 • 10- Kukur ; 40.8665° N, 20.3774° E; 2011; Barina, Mező and Pifkó leg.; HNHM99328 • 11- Bishnicë ; 40.9211° N, 20.4492° E; 2014; Fehér, Németh and Mizsei leg.; HNHM98949 • 12- Maja e Faqekuqit ; 40.5325° N, 20.4256° E; 2006; Fehér, Hunyadi, Huszár and Murányi leg.; HNHM99885 • 13- Orenjë ; 41.2831° N, 20.2006° E; 2006; Erőss, Fehér, Hunyadi and Murányi leg.; HNHM97138 • 14- Shtyllë pass Gropë Mts ; 41.3705° N, 20.0855° E; 2012; Fehér, Kovács and Murányi leg.; HNHM99872 • 15- Qafa e Tujanit ; 41.3738° N, 19.9195° E; 2016; Erőss, Fehér, Szekeres and Grego leg.; HNHM99869 .

Type locality

ALBANIA • “Berg Mnela b. Oroshi” (= Mali i Munellës, Mirditës, Albania).

Description

SHELL. Closely spaced riblets on last part of protococonch. Teleoconch spotless, with strong or moderately strong spaced ribs. Moderately developed lip with either gently or abruptly inwardly curved columellar lobe often only partially covering umbilicus.

MEASUREMENTS. 25 ♀♀: whorls=7–8.3; H = 6.5–8.5 mm; H/W=2.44–2.94; roundness =0.12–0.22; ribs incl.= 55–66; apert. incl.=16–25°; ribs/mm 1 st wh.= 6–16; ribs/mm 4 th wh.= 6–14.

FEMALE GENITAL ORGANS. Ventral connection of pedunculus to bursa copulatrix. Elongated, slim and tortuous seminal receptacle with indistinct basis and apex. Apex on dorsal side of body, close to proximal edge of bursa copulatrix. 2–4 loops close to apex of seminal receptacle. Junction of uterus gland moderately far from connection between distal oviduct and pedunculus of bursa copulatrix.

Remarks

Cochlostoma (T.) mnelense is reported in MolluscaBase (2023) as a subspecies of C. (T.) sturanii and not considered in Welter-Schultes (2012).

Figures

Fig. 44. Distribution of samples of clade A from Albania: red dots=Cochlostoma (T.) mnelense (Wagner, 1914); white dots=C. (T.) kontschani sp. nov.; cyan dots= C. (T.) muranyii sp. nov.; orange dots= samples tentatively assigned to C. (T.) mnelense.