Afroguppya rumrutiensis (Preston, 1911)

Muratov, Igor V., 2010, Terrestrial molluscs of Cabo Delgado and adjacent inland areas of north-eastern Mozambique, African Invertebrates 51 (2), pp. 255-255 : 278

Afroguppya rumrutiensis (Preston, 1911)

Fig. 47

Thapsia rumrutiensis: Preston 1911: 466 , pl. 11, fig. 9 (NW of Mount Kenya; 1.25× 2.50 mm).

A common East African species with a general distribution from Kenya to the Eastern Cape in South Africa. A few damaged shells were found at one station on Cabo Delgado. Differs from the preceding species by the slightly larger shell with an angulated periphery and an always clearly visible microscopic spiral sculpture.

Figures

Figs 46–52. Euconulidae:(46) Microcystina minima, 0.68×1.20 mm, stn 7; (47) Afroguppya rumrutiensis, 1.3×1.9 mm,stn 7; Helicarionidae:(48)“Sitala” jenynsi, 10.5×16.0 mm,stn 12; (49) Trochonanina albopicta, 7.5×11.5 mm,stn 5; (50) T.bloyeti, 5.8×12.0mm,stn 17; (51) Trochozonites crenulata, 9.3×12.0 mm, subadult, stn 7; (52) Quickia concisa, 6.0×3.9 mm, stn 7. Scale bar 1 mm in Figs 46–47; 5 mm in Figs 48–52.