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<paragraph blockId="49.[181,1142,1112,1677]" box="[181,864,1112,1138]" pageId="49" pageNumber="654">Etymology: The species name refers to the country of origin.</paragraph>
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Diagnosis: Differs from the similarly sized 
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by the less elongate shell with lower protoconch; peristome proportionally larger and less rounded, with the palatal lip curved in lateral view. The shell of 
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is smaller and has less strong apertural dentition. 
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has a much larger shell.
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(
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5.4–5.8, in 
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5.8. 
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diameter 
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41%. Periphery of body whorl more or less rounded. Peristome entire, not strongly incrassate, squarish in outline, higher than wide; 
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1.07, 
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33%, PW 52–55 % of D, in 
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54 %. Apertural lip rather wide and flaring. Palatal­basal lip in lateral view curved, arching forward. Angular tooth somewhat protruding, continuing as deeply entering lamella. Tooth on mid-palatal wall strong and pointed. Umbilicus fully closed, umbilical depression with radiating ribs. Teleoconch sculpture consists of slightly oblique, somewhat curved axial ribs, 6.5–9.4 ribs/mm, with fine spirals in interstices.
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Fig. 30. 
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Fig. 31. Distribution records of 
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at least partly red.
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Other material examined: 
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, 
<quantity box="[877,935,1245,1267]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.2" pageId="51" pageNumber="656" unit="m" value="220.0">
<elevation box="[877,935,1245,1267]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.2" pageId="51" pageNumber="656" unit="m" value="220.0">220 m</elevation>
</quantity>
, moist evergreen forest along stream, 
<date box="[309,397,1269,1291]" pageId="51" pageNumber="656" value="2008-06-06">
<collectingDate box="[309,397,1269,1291]" pageId="51" pageNumber="656" value="2008-06-06">6.vi.2008</collectingDate>
</date>
, 
<collectorName box="[406,551,1269,1291]" pageId="51" pageNumber="656">M.E. Nutsuakor</collectorName>
&amp; 
<collectorName box="[579,710,1269,1291]" pageId="51" pageNumber="656">A.J. de Winter</collectorName>
(
<collectionCode box="[722,795,1269,1290]" country="Netherlands" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34992" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34992" name="National Museum of Natural History, Naturalis" pageId="51" pageNumber="656" type="Museum">RMNH</collectionCode>
.MOL.330217)
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="51.[181,1101,1308,1334]" box="[181,1101,1308,1334]" pageId="51" pageNumber="656">
Distribution (
<figureCitation box="[332,416,1308,1334]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="51.[410,443,730,752]" captionTargetBox="[190,1137,203,704]" captionTargetId="figure-361@51.[190,1137,203,704]" captionTargetPageId="51" captionText="Fig. 31. Distribution records of Pseudavakubia species." pageId="51" pageNumber="656">Fig. 31</figureCitation>
): So far known from south-central and south-western 
<collectingCountry box="[1021,1098,1308,1334]" name="Ghana" pageId="51" pageNumber="656">Ghana</collectingCountry>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="51.[181,1142,1351,1409]" pageId="51" pageNumber="656">Habitat:All material was collected from leaf­litter on the floor of old secondary lowland (wet and moist) evergreen forest.</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="51.[181,1142,1425,1676]" pageId="51" pageNumber="656">
Remarks: In 
<taxonomicName authorityName="de Winter &amp; Vastenhout" authorityYear="2013" box="[322,474,1425,1451]" class="Gastropoda" family="Streptaxidae" genus="Pseudavakubia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Stylommatophora" pageId="51" pageNumber="656" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="ghanaensis">
<emphasis box="[322,474,1425,1451]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="656">P. ghanaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
we provisionally lodge the scanty material (
<specimenCount box="[957,1066,1425,1451]" pageId="51" pageNumber="656" type="adult">four adult</specimenCount>
shells, one of which severely damaged) from three localities in central and western 
<collectingCountry box="[1061,1138,1457,1483]" name="Ghana" pageId="51" pageNumber="656">Ghana</collectingCountry>
. These shells differ from those of 
<emphasis box="[540,701,1490,1515]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="656">P. atewanensis</emphasis>
and 
<taxonomicName authorityName="de Winter &amp; Vastenhout" authorityYear="2013" box="[752,879,1489,1515]" class="Gastropoda" family="Streptaxidae" genus="Pseudavakubia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Stylommatophora" pageId="51" pageNumber="656" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="liberiana">
<emphasis box="[752,879,1489,1515]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="656">P. liberiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by a comparatively less irregularly coiled protoconch (resulting in a flatter apex which seems less conspicuous distorted in lateral views), a higher than wide peristome, and by a distinctly curved, forward arching palatal lip (in lateral view). In view of the variation in these shells it seems possible that more than one species is involved, and additional material from more localities is needed to assess the variability.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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