Dadagulella browni mafiensis, Rowson & Tattersfield, 2013
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2013.37 |
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publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:ADF6394E-77B5-4309-87FE-4097FDE0A3FD |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3815743 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4511E41D-D828-FFCA-FD84-FB2CF1CEFD01 |
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treatment provided by |
Carolina |
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scientific name |
Dadagulella browni mafiensis |
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subsp. nov. |
Dadagulella browni mafiensis View in CoL subsp. nov.
Figs 21 View Figs 6-26 , 54 View Figs 51-64 , 84 View Fig ; Table 1 View Table 1
Etymology
From Mafia Island, with the final ‘a’ elided for euphony.
Type material examined
NHMUK.20110174: 1 ad., Mlula, Mafia I. (approx. 7.87° S, 39.76° E), evergreen coastal thicket on clay loam coral rag, leg. Frontier Tanzania, Oct.- Nov. 1990, labelled “ Gulella radius aggreg.” by B. Verdcourt.
Other material examined
None.
Description
SHELL ( Figs 21 View Figs 6-26 , 54 View Figs 51-64 ). Small (3.30 mm high x 1.80 mm wide), of 6.0 whorls. Ovate-acuminate, spire broadly acuminate (spire angle 65°). Apex conical. Embryonic whorls smoothly granulate. Later whorls with relatively coarse ribs (12 per mm on penultimate whorl). Sutures relatively shallow. Umbilicus narrowly open. Peristome incomplete parietally. Outer palatal surface of aperture with a depression corresponding to the palatal tooth. Dentition 5-fold, consisting of: one lamella-like parietal tooth and one additional parietal denticle; one slab-like palatal tooth, forming a narrow parieto-palatal sinus; one basal denticle; and a deep-set, folded columellar baffle, but no shallower columellar denticles. Shells and anatomy of juveniles unknown.
Range and habitat
Evergreen coastal thicket at the type locality.
Remarks
This taxon is in some respects intermediate between the type specimens of D. r. radius comb. nov. and D. b. browni comb. nov., and thus distinct from either, yet difficult to place. It is larger and not as squat as other D. browni comb. nov. s.l., and lacks the additional basal denticle and shallower columellar dentition. Conversely, it has a parietal denticle not seen in D. radius comb. nov. s.l, is smaller and squatter than most D. radius comb. nov. s.l., and has a longer and narrower parieto-palatal sinus than any D. radius comb. nov. s.l. Mafia Island, from which no other Dadagulella gen. nov. are yet known, lies at almost the same latitude (7.8°S) as the apparent northernmost limit of D. b. browni comb. nov. in mainland Tanzania. Given the morphology of this specimen, its latitude and its isolation as an island population, we treat it as a subspecies of D. browni comb. nov.
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