Taxonomic revision of the subterranean genus Virpazaria Gittenberger, 1969 (Gastropoda, Spelaeodiscidae)
Author
Fehér, Zoltán
E801EC76-8B1E-450B-993E-BBBE57C00EA9
Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Baross u. 13, Budapest, H- 1088, Hungary.
feher.zoltan@nhmus.hu
Author
Deli, Tamás
A33DCDF3-6293-4B34-B1DD-330211905D74
Móricz Zsigmond u. 2, Gyomaendrőd, H- 5500, Hungary.
virpazaria@gmail.com
Author
Erőss, Zoltán P.
0B2C74A7-0001-4E25-984C-88CB0C705313
Bem u. 36., Budapest, H- 1151, Hungary.
erosspeter@hotmail.com
Author
Lika, Romilda
9662552B-B203-43FF-B427-4330080E1CBA
Departament of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Tirana University, Bulevardi Zogu i Parë, Tiranë, AL- 1001, Albania.
romildalika@gmail.com
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2019
2019-09-26
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journal article
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Virpazaria (Virpazaria) pageti pageti
Gittenberger, 1969
Fig. 5
F–M
Virpazaria (Virpazaria) pageti
Gittenberger, 1969: 301–302
,
fig. 6.
Virpazaria pageti alexanderi
P.L. Reischütz & Subai in
Reischütz
et al.
, 2012: 32
, fig. 1.
Virpazaria (Virpazaria) pageti
–
Gittenberger 1988: 424
.
—
Welter-Schultes 2012: 212
, unnumbered fig.
Virpazaria
cf.
pageti
–
Reischütz
et al.
2011: 58
, fig. 3.
Virpazaria pageti pageti
–
Reischütz
et al.
2012: 33
, fig. 3.
Diagnosis
Discoid shell, barely raised spire, body whorl silhouette rounded. Aperture narrow crescent-shaped. Peristome not thickened, without teeth or knobs. Parietal flap sharp-edged, directly connected with palatal peristome, detached from penultimate whorl (looks like a deformed tube).
Material examined
Holotype
(
V. pageti
)
MONTENEGRO
• “Bocche di Cattaro, Sutorina Mündung (Genist)” [
Kotor Bay
,
in debris at mouth of Sutorina rivulet
]; “
Trissexodon Käufeli
Typus”;
Käufel
leg.;
NHMW-E 47864
.
Holotype
(
V. p.
alexanderi
)
CROATIA
•
Kotor Bay
,
Prevlaka Peninsula, near Prevlaka Village, between Osti rt and border station at Njivice
;
Mar. 2010
; A.,
N. and P.L. Reischütz
leg.;
NHMW 108106
.
Paratypes
(
V. pageti
)
MONTENEGRO
•
1 spec.
; same collection data as for holotype;
NHMW-E 47864
a.
Paratypes
(
V. p.
alexanderi
)
CROATIA
•
1 spec.
; same collection data as for holotype; NMBE 539847 •
2 ad.
,
15 juv.
; Reischütz private collection [not seen].
Other material
CROATIA
•
Prevlaka Peninsula
,
1.5 km
from Croatian border station to Fort Prevlaka
;
42.4181° N
,
18.5132° E
[≈ type locality of
V. alexanderi
];
60 m
alt.;
17 Jul. 2018
;
Z. Erőss
,
T. Fehér
and
Z. Fehér
leg.;
HNHM 104391
.
MONTENEGRO
•
Igalo
,
W of Herceg Novi
,
S of Sutorina-Njivice-Igalo junction
,
limestone rock cavity
;
19 Sep. 2005
;
P. Subai
leg.;
HNHM
102250
•
Prevlaka Peninsula
,
Igalo
(
near Herceg-Novi
),
W side of bay at Žvinje junction
;
42.4455° N
,
18.5050° E
;
50 m
alt.;
29 May 2015
;
T. Deli
,
Z. Erőss
and
Z. Fehér
leg.;
HNHM 103427
•
same collection data as for preceding;
NHMW
110430/MN/0990
•
beneath Žvinje on serpentine road
;
42.4460° N
,
18.5029° E
;
160 m
alt.;
17 Jul. 2018
;
Z. Erőss
,
T. Fehér
and
Z. Fehér
leg.;
HNHM 104390
•
Njivice
, ca
2 km
from Igalo junction
;
42.4316° N
,
18.5170° E
;
60 m
alt.;
18 Jul. 2017
;
Z. Erőss
and
Z. Fehér
leg.;
HNHM 104395
.
Dimensions
H
1.3–1.9 mm
; W
2.1–3.2 mm
.