Revision of the subterranean genus Spelaeodiscus Brusina, 1886 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Spelaeodiscidae)
Author
Pall-Gergely, Barna
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6167-7221
Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA), Herman Otto ut 15, Budapest, H- 1022, Hungary
pallgergely2@gmail.com
Author
Deli, Tamas
Moricz Zsigmond u. 2, Gyomaendrod, H- 5500, Hungary
Author
Eross, Zoltan Peter
Bem u. 36., Budapest, H- 1151, Hungary
Author
Reischuetz, Peter L.
Puechhaimg. 52, A- 3580, Horn, Austria
Author
Reischuetz, Alexander
Puechhaimg. 52, A- 3580, Horn, Austria
Author
Feher, Zoltan
Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Baross u. 13, H- 1088, Hungary
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Spelaeodiscus unidentatus unidentatus Bole, 1961
Figure 13
Spelaeodiscus unidentatus
Bole, 1961: 205 fig. 1a-d.
Spelaeodiscus unidentatus
-
Bole 1965
: 350-351, fig. 1a, 2b, plate 76, fig. C.
Spelaeodiscus (Spelaeodiscus) unidentatus
-
Gittenberger 1969
: 297, fig. 1.
Spelaeodiscus unidentatus
-
Welter-Schultes 2012
: 214.
Type material.
Obodska
pecina
, Rij.
Crnojevica
, Mtg., 1956 September, MZBI 1019/6 adult syntypes and some juvenile syntypes (photos of the sample where examined, Figure
12B
). See also Remarks.
Other material.
Bioce
, N Titograd, Mtg.
23.09.1978
, MZBI 15443 (photos of the sample where examined);
Megara
,
Tolusi
,
Titograd
, Mtg. MZBI 2335 (photos of the sample where examined);
Pecina
od
Zavora
,
Peuta
,
Titograd
, Mtg.
01.11.1963
, MZBI 2338 (photos of the sample where examined);
Hoehle
bei
Virpazar
, leg.
Dabovic
, coll.
Edlauer
, NHMW 48881/1;
Brosine
cave
(33), leg.
Kuscer
10266/67, coll.
Edlauer
, NHMW 38874/a (
20 juvenile
shells, "schlechte
Expl
");
Same
data, NHMW 58874/4 ("bessere
Expl
");
Virpazar
, mit "oculus mundi", leg.
Dabovic
, coll.
Edlauer
, NHMW 78988/
3 juvenile
shells (det.
Gittenberger
, but identification not certain);
Smarjetna
gora +
Grabocica
cave
(drawing of a cave on the label), (
Trnovo
), NHMW 78989/7;
Same
data, NHMW 48086/5;
Vodna
jama (
Lovcen
), coll.
Edlauer
ex coll.
Kuscer
, NHMW 48544/1;
Same
locality, coll.
Edlauer
, NHMW 49764/1 (labelled as "
Spelaeodiscus albanicus hadzii
"); Montenegro,
NNW of Virpazar
, road
between Rijeka
Crnojevica
and Virpazar
,
0.4 km
(in a straight line)
W of Poseljani
,
130 m
a.s.l.
,
42°18.361'N
,
19°02.898'E
(site code: 20171020F), leg.
T. Deli
,
Z.P.
Eross
,
A. Hunyadi
&
B.
Pall-Gergely
,
20.10.2017
, DT/ca. 15, EZP/ca. 15, HA/ca. 15, HNHM 103248/5, PGB/ca. 15;
Montenegro
,
W of Rijeka
Crnojevica
,
1 km
(in a straight line)
NNE of
Zacir
, above Obodska
pecina
, near the road,
320 m
a.s.l.
,
42°21.168'N
,
19°00.125'E
(site code:
2017.10.20
J), leg.
T. Deli
,
Z.P.
Eross
,
A. Hunyadi
&
B.
Pall-Gergely
,
20.10.2017
, DT/ca. 18, EZP/ca. 18, HA/ca. 18, HNHM 103249/5, PGB/ca. 18; Montenegro,
2 km
north of
Velje Brdo
in the
Zeta valley
, north of
Podgorica
,
70 m
a.s.l.
,
42°28.932'N
,
19°14.454'E
, leg.
A.
Reischuetz
,
P. L.
Reischuetz
&
N.
Steiner-Reischuetz
,
May 2016
, REI/5;
Montenegro
,
Moraca
valley
, after the exit to the "
China
Road and Bridge" camp
N of
Bioce
,
70 m
a.s.l.
,
42°29.167'N
,
19°18.646'E
, leg.
A.
Reischuetz
,
P. L.
Reischuetz
&
N.
Steiner-Reischuetz
,
May 2016
, NHMW 112368/1 (photographed shell, Fig.
13G-L
), REI/10; Montenegro, road
between Rijeka
Crnojevica
and Hrvasi
,
180 m
a.s.l.
,
42°21.491'N
,
19°4.281'E
, leg.
A.
Reischuetz
,
N.
Reischuetz
&
P. L.
Reischuetz
,
Apr. 2012
, REI/11;
Montenegro
, scree slope at the BMS-petrol station, south of the
Moraca
gorge,
5 km
south of
Bioce
,
90 m
a.s.l.
,
42°29.064'N
,
19°18.279'E
, leg.
A.
Reischuetz
,
N.
Reischuetz
&
P. L.
Reischuetz
,
Jul. 2008
, REI/1; Montenegro, spring
1 km
south of the junction towards Njive, south of Rijeka
Crnojevica
,
150 m
a.s.l.
,
42°18.266'N
,
19°2.900'E
, leg.
A.
Reischuetz
,
N.
Reischuetz
&
P. L.
Reischuetz
,
Mar. 2011
, NHMW 112369/1 (photographed shell, Fig.
13M-R
);
Montenegro
,
Zabljak
Crnojevica
, fortress,
50 m
a.s.l.
,
42°19.030'N
,
19°9.401'E
(site code: 2015/007), leg.
T. Deli
,
Z.P.
Eross
&
Z.
Feher
,
25.05.2015
, HNHM 103250/
1 adult
and several juvenile shells; Montenegro,
Zacir
,
"
Pecina
u pecko brdo" (cave),
450 m
a.s.l.
, leg.
L.
Pinter
,
P. Subai
,
A. Szigeti
,
20 Jul. 1972
, NMBE 542072/76;
Montenegro
,
Pecina
u peckom,
Brdu-bg
Zacirnal
(
Brdu-cave
at
Zacir
), leg.
L.
Pinter
&
P. Subai
,
20 Jul. 1972
, HNHM 65187/7 (one of them is photographed:
Figs
13A-F
); Montenegro,
Pecina
u peckom
Brdu
bei
Zacir
(
Brdu-cave
at
Zacir
), leg.
H.
Schuett
,
06.06.1978
, coll.
Gy.
Kovacs
, HNHM 65188/1;
Same
data, HNHM 42401/2;
Montenegro
,
Rijeka
Crnojevica
,
Obodska cave
,
110 m
a.s.l.
,
42°21.120'N
,
19°0.318'E
, leg.
P. Subai
&
M. Szekeres
,
23 Sep. 2006
; NMBE 542071/1; Montenegro,
Poseljani
, on the
Virpazar-Rijeka
Crnojevica
road,
150 m
a.s.l.
,
42°18.347'N
,
19°2.884'E
(site code: 2015/016), leg.
T. Deli
,
Z.P.
Eross
&
Z.
Feher
,
25.05.2015
, HNHM 103251/8; NHMW 112370/8, DT/8
.
Diagnosis.
Basal tooth/thickening low, not pointed; palatal part of peristome with strong incision at the position of the palatal tooth, palatal region strongly
"pushed"
from outside.
Description.
Spire elevated; protoconch consists of 1.5 whorls, roughly granulated/
"hammered"
, matte, not glossy; teleoconch with strong but dense, equidistant ribs that are supported by fine periostracal filaments in fresh shells; rib density variable (74-118 ribs on body whorl); between main ribs some fine wrinkles discernible; entire shell with 3.75-4.5 whorls; aperture semilunar or triangular due to straight basal part; peristome thickened, slightly expanded and slightly reflected on the palatal, basal and umbilical areas; palatal tooth strong, pointed; palatal region of peristome with strong outer incision (i.e. the position of the palatal tooth is indicated with a groove on the outer side); basal portion of peristome straight, thickened; occasionally two small denticles visible, sometimes only the one situated closer to the palatal side is developed as a low denticle; umbilicus funnel-shaped, wide to relatively narrow (width depends on spire height).
Measurements.
SW: 2.4-3.2 mm (median = 2.7 mm), SH: 1.3-1.8 mm (median = 1.5 mm), AW: 0.9-1.1 mm (median = 1.0 mm), AH: 1.0-1.4 mm (median = 1.1 mm), (n = 11; largest and smallest specimens of multiple populations measured).
Differential diagnosis.
See under
S. unidentatus acutus
ssp. n.
Variation among specimens.
This subspecies is particularly variable in terms of shell size. The shape of the thickening of the basal part of the peristome is also slightly variable, although it never develops to a pointed tooth.
Distribution.
This taxon is found north and northwest of the
Shkoder
Lake Basin in Montenegro (Figure
7
). Albanian records given by
Reischuetz
et al. (2013)
actually refer to
S. unidentatus acutus
ssp. n.
Remarks.
The only sample in the MZBI, which was collected before the original description is from Obodska
pecina
represent the type sample of this species (MZBI 1019). Bole collected both
S. obodensis
and
S. unidentatus
at Obodska
pecina
in September, 1956, but described only one (
S. unidentatus
) in 1961, and the other (
S. obodensis
) in 1965.
Formerly, Peuta Cave population was incorrectly referred to as
S. albanicus
and was taken into consideration in that
species'
Red List assessment (
Reischuetz
and
Feher
2017
).
Figure 13.
Spelaeodiscus unidentatus unidentatus
Bole, 1961.
A-F
Pecina u Peckom Brdu cave, above Zacir (HNHM 65187, topotypic specimen)
G-L
Montenegro,
Moraca
valley, after the exit to the "China Road and Bridge" camp N of
Bioce
(NHMW 112368)
M-R
Montenegro, spring 1 km south of the junction towards Njive (NHMW 112369).