Montenegrina skipetarica ersekensis Nordsieck, 1996

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 : 83-85

Taxon classification Animalia Stylommatophora Clausiliidae

Montenegrina skipetarica ersekensis Nordsieck, 1996 Fig. 30F

Montenegrina ersekensis Nordsieck, 1996: 9-10, plate 2, fig. 3.

Montenegrina skipetarica ersekensis - Nordsieck 2009: 73.

Diagnosis.

Shell medium, light corneous. Lower whorls smooth, upper ones very finely, indistinctly costate. Neck inflexed, with fine and dense ribs. Basal and peripheral crests well recognizable. Peristome attached, somewhat angular, with slightly swollen and reflexed margin. Lamellae superior and spiralis long overlap. In front view lamella inferior well emerged, subcolumellaris mostly visible. Lunella dorsolateral, connected to the strong basalis. Subclaustralis well developed, sulcalis weak. Anterior plica superior strong, connected to the lunella complex.

Dimensions

(in mm). Hs: 16.7-19.0 (holotype 16.7), Ws: 4.4-5.0 (holotype 4.5 mm).

Type locality.

Albania, Ersekë District, 7 km SW of Ersekë along the road to Leskovik, 1100-1200 m.

Type material.

Type locality, leg. Welter-Schultes, 15.ix.1995, holotype (HNC 40587), paratypes (HNC 40585, SMNS-N 10311).

Other material.

Albania, Ersekë District, 4.5 km S of Barmash along the Leskovik to Ersekë road, 880 m, 40.2688°N, 20.6065°E, leg. ZF, LT, 17.viii.2007 (HNHM 99533); 4 km S of Barmash, 920 m, 40.2656°N, 20.6001°E, leg. DA, ZE, ZF, JG, 29.vi.2014 (HNHM 99375, NHMW 110430/MN/0031); 4.5 km NW of the Gërmenj junction, 890 m, 40.2418°N, 20.6414°E, leg. DA, ZE, ZF, JG, 29.vi.2014 (HNHM 99534, HNMW 110430/MN/0030).

Distribution.

Western extensions of the Gramos Mts in southern Albania (Fig. 31A). Known from a few sites of the limestone mountain between Barmash and Gërmenj along the Leskovik to Ersekë main road (see also: Welter-Schultes 1996).

Remarks.

The literature record, “2– 5 km E of Çorovodë” ( Welter-Schultes 1996), most probably corresponds to Montenegrina skipetarica rugosa Fehér & Szekeres 2006.