Montenegrina skipetarica nobilis Eross & Szekeres, 2006

Feher, Zoltan & Szekeres, Miklos, 2016, Taxonomic revision of the rock-dwelling door snail genus Montenegrina Boettger, 1877 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Clausiliidae), ZooKeys 599, pp. 1-137 : 87

Taxon classification Animalia Stylommatophora Clausiliidae

Montenegrina skipetarica nobilis Eross & Szekeres, 2006 Fig. 30H

Montenegrina ersekensis nobilis Erőss & Szekeres, 2006 in Erőss et al. 2006: 189, fig. 8.

Montenegrina skipetarica nobilis - Nordsieck 2009: 73.

Diagnosis.

Shell large, elongate, light corneous. Lower whorls smooth, upper ones with very fine, indistinct ribs. Neck weakly inflexed, finely and densely costate. Basal and peripheral crests well recognizable. Peristome attached, mostly ovoid, with swollen and reflexed margin. Lamellae superior and spiralis long overlap. In front view lamella inferior well emerged, subcolumellaris mostly visible. Lunella dorsolateral, fused to the long basalis. Subclaustralis and sulcalis well developed. Anterior plica superior strong, connected to the lunella complex.

Dimensions

(in mm). Ws: 18.0-24.2 (holotype 22.5), Ws: 4.5-5.5 (holotype 5.0).

Type locality.

Albania, Ersekë District, 4 km S of Borovë, NE of Barmash, on the Ersekë to Leskovik road, 1040 m, 40.2913°N, 20.6273°E.

Type material.

Type locality, leg. EZ, FZ, JK, DM, 3.vii.2003, holotype (HNHM 94844), paratypes (NHMUK 20050218, HNC 63182, HNHM 94845/26, NHMW 103276, RMNH 100327, SMF 328080, NMBE 534895/1).

Other material.

Type locality, leg. PJ, TK, DM, GP, 15.x.2013 (HNHM 99536); same locality, leg. DA, ZE, ZF, JG, 29.vi.2014 (HNHM 99382, HNMW 110430/MN/0032).

Distribution.

Western extensions of the Gramos Mts in southern Albania. Known only from the type locality (Fig. 31A).

Remarks.

Although not synonymized formally, Nordsieck (2009) questioned the distinct taxonomic position of this subspecies.