Elia (Caucasica) ossetica (Mousson, 1863)

Mumladze, Levan, Grego, Jozef & Szekeres, Miklos, 2023, The land snail family Clausiliidae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Stylommatophora) in Georgia: overview, novel records and a new species, Caucasiana 2, pp. 29-61 : 29

Elia (Caucasica) ossetica (Mousson, 1863)

Figures 4E , 5C

Clausilia somchetica var. ossetica - Mousson 1863: p. 399

Type locality.

"Koischet" (unidentified site, likely on the northern slopes of the Greater Caucasus near the border between Chechnya and Dagestan, in Russia).

Distribution.

Central regions of the Greater Caucasus, as well as the Lesser Caucasus between Borjomi (Samtskhe-Javakheti Region) and Lake Sevan (Armenia).

Habitat.

Moist mountain forests and rocky subalpine meadows up to 2500 m; among leaf litter, in rock crevices and under stones.

Occurrence data.

Mtskheta - Mtianeti • N42.6979°, E44.6188°; 1910 m; leg. LM, 2017 (ISU) • N42.5377°, E44.4927°; 2280 m; leg. LM, 2017 (ISU) • N42.4858°, E44.4788°; 2440 m; leg. OD-IS, 2009 (IS, MS) • N42.4148°, 44.5500°; 1690 m; leg. LM, 2010 (ISU) • N42.3105°, E45.1229°; 1490 m; leg. LM, 2010 (ISU). Kakheti • N42.2368°, E45.3386°; 900 m; leg. JG-LM-MS, 2021 (ISU, MS) • N42.2229°, E45.3020°; 810 m; leg. DM, 2019 (HNHM 104475) • N41.8759°, E45.3564°; 1080 m; leg. LM, 2010 (ISU). Shida Kartli • N41.8359°, E44.2441°; 1100 m; leg. LM, 2009 (ISU).

Figures

Figure 4. (A) Acrotoma (Iliamneme) baryshnikovi, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti, Kvedi 1 Cave southeast of Kvedi, N 42.5561 °, E 43.5721 °. (B) A. (I.) enguriensis, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, 6 km N of Jvari, N 42.7500 °, E 42.0489 °. (C) Armenica (Armenica) unicristata, Kakheti, Artsivi Gorge northwest of Dedoplistskaro, N 41.4888 °, E 46.0956 °. (D) A. (Astrogena) griseofusca, Turkey, Trabzon Province, Suemela south of Trabzon, N 40.6894 °, E 39.6589 °. (E) Elia (Caucasica) ossetica, Kakheti, Batsara Nature Reserve, N 42.2229 °, E 45.3020 °. (F) E. (C.) somchetica, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Didveli south of Bakuriani, N 41.6976 °, E 43.5188 °. (G) E. (C.) tuschetica, Kakheti, southwest of the Abano Pass, N 42.2422 °, E 45.4946 °. (H) E. (Megaleuxina) derasa, Samtskhe-Javakheti, east of the Goderdzi Pass, N 41.6603 °, E 42.6042 °. Scale bar: 5 mm.

Figure 5. Occurrence records of Acrotoma (Iliamneme) enguriensis (A), Armenica (Armenica) unicristata (B) and Elia (Caucasica) ossetica (C). Symbols are as in Figure 2.