Serrulina sieversi (Pfeiffer, 1871)

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

Serrulina sieversi (Pfeiffer, 1871)

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Clausilia sieversi - Pfeiffer 1871: p. 70

Type locality.

Lankaran (Azerbaijan).

Distribution.

The Talysh Mountains in Azerbaijan and Iran, as well as the Alborz Mountains in Iran to eastern Mazandaran Province. Isolated along the southern slopes of the Greater Caucasus around Zaqatala (Azerbaijan).

Habitat.

Moist broadleaf forests up to 1500 m; in the texture and under the bark of decaying trees.

Remark.

According to its description, the subspecies S. sieversi occidentalis Likharev, 1962 occurs between Lagodekhi (Kakheti Region) and Zaqatala in Azerbaijan. Though in the Zoological Museum of Moscow State University there is a sample of this form with locality given as the Lagodekhi Nature Reserve (ZMMU Lc-246280, leg. N. Bekman, 1961), it was not found during several recent field trips to this region. Thus the presence of S. sieversi in Georgia needs to be confirmed.

Figures

Figure 1. (A) Caspiophaedusa perlucens, Kakheti, Artsivi Gorge northwest of Dedoplistskaro, N 41.4921 °, E 46.0994 °. (B) Dobatia goettingi, Turkey, 9 km northeast of Lake Abant, N 40.6569 °, E 31.3892 °. (C) Pontophaedusa funiculum, Adjara, Makhinjauri northeast of Batumi N 41.6713 °, E 41.6900 °. (D) Pontophaedusa gregoi, Imereti, between Chiatura and Katskhi, N 42.2836 °, E 43.2113 °. (E) Pravispira semilamellata, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, northwest of Khobi, N 42.3944 °, E 41.8382 °. (F) Serrulina serrulata, Kakheti, valley of the Alazani River near Birkiani, N 42.2368 °, E 45.3386 °. (G) Serrulina sieversi, Iran, Gilan Province, valley of the Shim Rud south of Siyahkhal, N 37.0239 °, E 49.8769 °. (H) Serrulinella senghanensis, Iran, Gilan Province, valley of the Shim Rud at Lunak, N 37.0089 °, E 49.8642 °. Scale bar: 5 mm.