Mentissoidea rupicola (Mortillet, 1854)

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

Mentissoidea rupicola (Mortillet, 1854)

Figures 7E , 9A

Clausilia rupicola - Mortillet 1854: p. 13, fig. 7

Type locality.

Tortum (Erzurum Province, Turkey; likely erroneous!).

Distribution.

Coastal areas of the Black Sea from Artvin Province (Turkey) to Gelendzhik (Russia), the Western Caucasus, southern slopes of the Greater Caucasus to Lagodekhi (Kakheti Region) and northern slopes of the Lesser Caucasus to the Murovdag (Azerbaijan) toward east. Isolated occurrences in Northern Ossetia and Chechnya.

Habitat.

Broadleaf and mixed forests; on trees and under the bark of decaying logs.

Occurrence data.

Adjara • N41.7477°, E42.0996°; 1860 m; leg. LM, 2018 (ISU) • N41.7351°, E42.0930°; 1180 m; leg. LM, 2010 (ISU). Imereti • N42.5023°, E42.5595°; 880 m; leg. JG-LM, 2018 (ISU, JG) • N42.3829°, E43.0122°; 950 m; leg. JG-LM, 2018 (ISU, JG) • N41.9236°, E42.7494°; 790 m; leg. JG-LM-MS, 2021 (ISU, JG, MS). Kakheti • N42.2765°, E45.3524°; 1280 m; leg. JG-LM-MS, 2021 (ISU, JG, MS) • N42.1523°, 45.4171°; 580 m; leg. AB-BJ, 2019 (ISU) • N41.9823°, 45.8540°; 840 m; leg. JG-LM-MS, 2021 (ISU, JG, MS) • N41.8647°, 45.3355°; 1260 m; leg. LM, 2010 (ISU) • N41.8556°, 46.3410°; 1730 m; leg. LM, 2010 (ISU) • N41.8490°, 46.3314°; 1300 m; leg. LM, 2010 (ISU). Kvemo Kartli • N41.7511°, 44.5094°; 1610 m; leg. LM, 2021 (ISU) • N41.6461°, E44.7057°; 1250 m; leg. LM, 2012 (ISU) • N41.3889°, E44.4419°; 880 m; leg. LM, 2013 (ISU). Mtskheta - Mtianeti • N42.3275°, E44.6368°; 1280 m; leg. DM, 2019 (HNHM 104470) • N42.3105°, E45.1229°; 1490 m; leg. LM, 2010 (ISU). Racha - Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti • N42.5968°, E43.2395°; 770 m; leg. AB-BJ-LM, 2021 (ISU) • N42.5681°, E43.4953°; 1060 m; leg. LM, 2014 (ISU) • N42.5586°, E43.5741°; 1390 m; leg. EC-JG-LM-MO-MS, 2022 (MS) • N42.5561°, E43.5721°; 1510 m; leg. JG-MS, 2021 (JG, MS) • N42.5116°, E43.3983°; 1680 m; leg. EC-JG-LM-MO-MS, 2022 (MS) • N42.4807°, E43.4404°; 1810 m; leg. JG-LM, 2018 (ISU, JG) • N42.4557°, E43.3847°; 2010 m; leg. AB-BJ-LM, 2021 (ISU) • N42.3914°, E42.9823°; 1520 m; leg. JG-MS, 2021 (JG, MS) • N42.3876°, E42.9748°; 1500 m; leg. LM, 2018 (ISU). Samegrelo - Zemo Svaneti • N43.0311°, E42.7317°; 1850 m; leg. LM, 2018 (ISU) • N42.9109°, E42.0765°; 740 m; leg. LM, 2010 (ISU) • N42.7493°, E42.5071°; 1850 m; leg. LM, 2014 (ISU) • N42.7103°, E42.1522°; 640 m; leg. LM, 2010 (ISU) • N42.6599°, E42.4330°; 950 m; leg. LM, 2010 (ISU) • N42.4774°, E42.4587°; 700 m; leg. JG, 2019 (JG) • N42.3944°, E41.8382°; 450 m; leg. LM, 2010 (ISU); JG-MS, 2021 (JG, MS). Samtskhe - Javakheti • N41.7968°, E43.4599°; 1150 m; leg. LM, 2012 (ISU) • N41.7922°, E42.8394°; 1600 m; leg. JG-LM-MS, 2021 (ISU, JG, MS) • N41.6833°, E42.6537°; 1200 m; leg. LM, 2011 (ISU) • N41.6366°, E42.5797°; 1690 m; leg. LM, 2008 (ISU).

Figures

Figure 7. (A) Euxinastra hamata, Adjara, valley of the Tchorokhi River south of Mirveti, N 41.5165 °, E 41.7170 °. (B) Filosa filosa, Adjara, 2 km northeast of Korolistavi, N 41.6502 °, E 41.7647 °. (C) Inobseratella lindholmi, Guria, between Ckhakoura and Bakhmaro, N 41.8914 °, E 42.3697 °. (D) I. monticola, Turkey, Rize Province, Firtina Valley S of Camlihemsin, N 40.9600 °, E 40.9622 °. (E) Mentissoidea rupicola, Samtskhe-Javakheti, south of Didveli, N 41.7197 °, E 43.4949 °. (F) Mucronaria (Mucornaria) acuminata, Samtskhe-Javakheti, north of the Tskhratskaro Pass, N 41.7014 °, E 43.5131 °. (G) M. (M.) duboisi, Imereti, near the Motsameta Monastery, N 42.2828 °, E 42.7583 °. (H) M. (M.) strauchi, Kvemo Kartli, NW of Sakavre, N 41.8424 °, E 44.1628 °. Scale bar: 5 mm ..

Figure 9. Occurrence records of Mentissoidea rupicola (A), Mucronaria (Mucronaria) acuminata (B) and Mucronaria (M.) duboisi (C). Symbols are as in Figure 2.