Leiabbottella soluta (Pfeiffer, 1852)

Watters, G. Thomas, 2013, New taxa and distributional notes on Abbottella and related taxa (Gastropoda: Littorinoidea: Annulariidae), Zootaxa 3646 (1), pp. 1-22 : 18

Leiabbottella soluta (Pfeiffer, 1852)

Figures 2 F–I, 7 D

Type material. Not located.

Type locality. Island of Santo Domingo. Restricted by Watters (2012) to the southern edge of Los Haitises Mountains, N of Majagual, ca. 12 km NW of Sabana Grande de Boyá, Monte Plata Province, Dominican Republic. However, this is now believed to be a separate species, Leiabbottella thompsoni new species. The type locality of L. soluta is herein corrected to Yásica Abajo, Puerto Plata Province, Dominican Republic.

Other material examined. UF 216196, 7 km SSW of Yásica Abajo, Puerto Plata Province, Dominican Republic, at 800 m.

Distribution and habitat. Known only from Yásica Abajo in the Cordillera Septentrional, which is on the road over the mountains between Puerto Plata and Santiago de los Caballeros.

Comparison with other species. See comparison under Leiabbottella thompsoni ( Figure 2 A–E ).

Remarks. Watters (2012) identified Pfeiffer’s Choanopoma solutus with a specimen from the Majugual area. At the time the presence of another, closely related species was unknown. Examination of over 200 specimens of this species has revealed that the description and figure of C. solutus better match the second species from Yásica Abajo in the Cordillera Septentrional (compare Figures 3 F and G). The Majugual species in the Cordillera Central is here described as new, Leiabbottella thompsoni .

Figures

FIGURE 2. A – E. Leiabbottella thompsoni new species. A – C. Holotype (UF 456799), 13.7 mm width. D. Paratype (UF 236225), 14.1 mm width. E. Paratype (UF 236225), 13.6 mm width. F – I. Leiabbottella soluta (Pfeiffer, 1852). F. Illustration from Pfeiffer (1854: pl. 39, fig. 8). G. UF 216196, 11.9 mm width. H. UF 216196, 13.9 mm width. I. UF 216196, 13.8 mm width. J – L. Leiabbottella galaxius Watters, 2010. Paratype (OSUM 35491), 8.4 mm width.

FIGURE 3. A – E. Abbottella (Abbottella) abbotti Bartsch, 1946. A – C. UF 215980, 5.6 mm width. D. UF 215983, 6.0 mm width. E. UF 215981, 5.2 mm width. F. Choanopoma adolfi Pfeiffer, 1852. Pfeiffer, 1854: pl. 48, fig. 8. G – I. Abbottella (Abbottella) cf. adolfi adolfi (Pfeiffer, 1852). GTW 7020 c, 5 mm width. J – L. Abbottella (Abbottella) adolfi peninsularis Bartsch, 1946. GTW 9430 a, 7.8 mm width. M. Abbottella (Abbottella) newcombi (Crosse, 1873). Syntype (MNHN 5436), 5.7 mm length. Photo courtesy of MNHN. N – R. Abbottella (Abbottella) aenea Watters, 2010. N – P. GTW 14181 a, 6.5 mm width. Q. GTW 14181 a, 6.1 mm width. R. Paratype (OSUM 35490), 6.0 mm width. S – W. Abbottella (Abbottella) crossei (Pilsbry, 1933). S – U. GTW 9432 a, 7.3 mm width. V. UF 216146, 7.6 mm width. W. UF 216146, 7.2 mm width. X – BB. Abbottella (Abbottella) milleacantha Watters & Duffy, 2010. X – Z. Holotype (UF 420728), 7.5 mm width. AA. Grego, 7.4 mm width. BB. Grego, 8.1 mm width.