Abbottella (Abbottella) aenea Watters, 2010

Watters, G. Thomas, 2013, New taxa and distributional notes on Abbottella and related taxa (Gastropoda: Littorinoidea: Annulariidae), Zootaxa 3646 (1), pp. 1-22 : 13

Abbottella (Abbottella) aenea Watters, 2010

Figures 3 N–R, 8 C

Type material. UF 434777, holotype. UF 434778, 1 paratype; BMSM 17971, 2 paratypes; OSUM 35490, 2 paratypes.

Type locality. Dominican Republic, La Altagracia Province, Punta Cana.

Other material examined. GTW 14181a, from the type locality.

Distribution and habitat. Known only from the type locality. Specimens were found under moldy leaf litter.

Remarks. This species is included here for comparison. See under A. milleacantha , below.

Figures

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.