Streptostele (Raffraya) herma Connolly, 1912

Muratov, Igor V., 2010, Terrestrial molluscs of Cabo Delgado and adjacent inland areas of north-eastern Mozambique, African Invertebrates 51 (2), pp. 255-255 : 277

Streptostele (Raffraya) herma Connolly, 1912

Fig. 38 Streptostele (Raffraya) herma: Connolly 1912: 89 , pl. 2, fig. 3 (Victoria Falls; 4.5× 1.3 mm).

A rather uncommon East African species, with a general distribution from south-eastern Kenya to north-eastern parts of South Africa. All shells found at all three stations on Cabo Delgado are slightly smaller than the type of this species. Differs from all other snails in the area by the small, elongated shell with a weak parietal tooth and slight palatal thickening .

Figures

Figs 30–38.Streptaxidae:(30) Edentulina affinis,33.4×17.6 mm,stn 5; (31) Taylorialeroyi, 14.4×21.0 mm, stn 5; (32) Gonaxis cf. percivali, 9.4×6.9 mm, stn 1; (33) G. denticulatus, 7.0×4.6 mm, stn 11; (34) Gulella sexdentata var. liederi, 9.4×4.8 mm, stn 1; (35) G. subhyalina, 6.5×2.3 mm, stn 1; (36) G. perissodonta, 3.2×1.5 mm, stn 7; (37) Gulella delgada sp. n., 4.0×1.8 mm, 1st syntype, stn 7; (38) Streptostele herma, 3.8×1.2 mm, stn 7. Scale bar 10 mm in Figs 30–31; 3 mm in Figs 32–34; 1 mm in Figs 35–38.