Montenegrina soosi Eross & Szekeres, 2006

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 : 93

Taxon classification Animalia Stylommatophora Clausiliidae

Montenegrina soosi Eross & Szekeres, 2006 Fig. 28H

Montenegrina janinensis soosi Erőss & Szekeres, 2006 in Erőss et al. 2006: 197, fig. 18. - Nordsieck 2009: 75.

Diagnosis.

Shell small, light yellowish corneous. All whorls smooth. Neck inflexed, densely striate-costate. Basal and peripheral crests well recognizable. Peristome attached, ovoid to angular, with simple margin. Lamellae superior and spiralis long overlap. In front view lamella inferior moderately emerged, medium-bent subcolumellaris visible. Lunella broad, dorsolateral-lateral to lateral, mostly not fused to the basalis. Subclaustralis residual, sulcalis strong. Plica superior fused to the principalis. Anterior plica superior long, mostly separate from the lunella complex. Clausilium plate not visible through the aperture.

Dimensions

(in mm). Hs: 11.4-14.6 (holotype 14.6), Ws: 2.7-3.2 (holotype 3.2).

Type locality.

Albania, Kukës District, between Kolesjan and Resk, 1 km N of the Ploshtan junction, along the Kukës to Peshkopi road, 750 m, 41.9598°N, 20.3938°E.

Type material.

Type locality, leg. ZE, ZF, JK, DM, 25.vi.2003, holotype (HNHM 94868), paratypes (NHMUK 20050224, HNC 63188, HNHM 94869/23, NHMW 103285, RMNH 100317, SMF 328089).

Other material.

Type locality, leg. TD, ZE, ZF, DM, 9.x.2005 (HNHM 96825); 1.8 km S of the Kolesjan junction, 41.9613°N, 20.3955°E, leg. AR, NR, PR, ix.2013 (NHMW 110430/MN/0112); 7.4 km S of the Kolesjan junction, 41.9260°N, 20.3872°E, leg. AR, NR, PR, ix.2013 (NHMW 110430/MN/0113); at the mouth of the Përroi i Bushtricës, 300 m, 41.9352°N, 20.3632°E, leg. TD, ZE, ZF, DM, 9.x.2005 (HNHM 99637); same locality, leg. ZE, ZF, JG, 2.vii.2015 (NHMW 110430/MN/0116); 1.3 km S of the mouth of the Përroi i Bushtricës, 400 m, 41.9254°N, 20.3569°E, leg. ZE, ZF, JG, 2.vii.2015 (NHMW 110430/MN/0115); bridge of the Lumi i Drinit te Zi (between Skavicë and Tej-Drinit), 320 m, 41.9237°N, 20.3539°E, leg. TD, ZE, ZF, DM, 9.x.2005 (HNHM 99644); bridge of the Lumi i Drinit te Zi (between Draj-Reç and Zall-Reç), 310 m, 41.8880°N, 20.3165°E, leg. TD, ZE, ZF, DM, 9.x.2005 (HNHM 99640); same locality, leg. ZE, ZF, JG, 2.vii.2015 (NHMW 110430/MN/0114); Tej-Drinit, 4.5 km from the bridge of the Lumi i Drinit te Zi, 620 m, 41.9423°N, 20.3593°E, leg. TD, ZE, ZF, DM, 9.x.2005 (HNHM 99641); 2.5 km N of Bushtricë, gorge at the Ura e Lapavës, 600 m, 41.8949°N, 20.4169°E, leg. ZE, ZF, JK, DM, 25.vi.2003 (HNHM 94870); same locality, leg. LD, ZE, ZF, AH, DM, 26.vi.2007 (HNHM 99642); 1 km S of Resk along the Kukës to Peshkopi road, 690 m, 41.9260°N, 20.3871°E, leg. LD, ZE, ZF, AH, DM, 26.vi.2007 (HNHM 99643); Arrën, 1150 m, 41.9242°N, 20.2813°E, leg. TD, ZE, ZF, DM, 9.x.2005 (HNHM 99639); Gurri i Shkallës, E of Arrën, 1300 m, 41.9188°N, 20.2693°E, leg. TD, ZE, ZF, DM, 9.x.2005 (HNHM 99638).

Distribution.

This taxon is distributed in the catchment area of the Drin i Zi (Black Drin) between the Mirditë and Mt. Gjalica e Lumës (Fig. 32).

Remarks.

As its shell does not reveal a clear affiliation to any other taxa, Montenegrina soosi is tentatively regarded as a distinct species. In the Lapavë Gorge it occurs syntopically with the nominotypical form of Montenegrina skipetarica .