Montenegrina skipetarica csikii 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 : 81-83

Taxon classification Animalia Stylommatophora Clausiliidae

Montenegrina skipetarica csikii Eross & Szekeres, 2006 Fig. 30K

Montenegrina apfelbecki csikii Erőss & Szekeres, 2006 in Erőss et al. 2006: 185-186, fig. 4.

Montenegrina janinensis csikii - Nordsieck 2009: 75.

Diagnosis.

Shell medium, elongate, light yellowish-brown. Whorls smooth. Neck inflexed, with dense, sharp ribs. Basal and peripheral crests well recognizable. Peristome attached, ovoid to angular, with simple margin. Lamellae superior and spiralis do not overlap. In front view lamella inferior moderately emerged, subcolumellaris hidden. Lunella dorsolateral, mostly fused to the strong basalis. Subclaustralis and sulcalis present. Anterior plica superior mostly absent, if present occasionally connected to the lunella complex.

Dimensions

(in mm). Hs: 14.4-19.2 (holotype 16.8), Ws: 3.3-3.9 (holotype 3.5).

Type locality.

Albania, Kukës District, Bicaj, gorge of the Përroi i Tershanës, 500 m, 41.9897°N, 20.4202°E.

Type material.

Type locality, leg. ZE, ZF, JK, DM, 25.vi.2003, holotype (HNHM 94837), paratypes (NHMUK 20050216, HNC 63180, HNHM 94838/33, NHMW 103274, RMNH 100316, SMF 328078, NMBE 534892/4).

Other material.

Type locality, leg. LD, ZE, ZF, AH, DM, 25.vi.2007 (HNHM 96845).

Distribution.

Southern part of the Mt. Gjalica e Lumës in northern Albania. Known only from the type locality (Fig. 31B).