Revision of the genus Caucasocressa from the eastern Pontic Region (Gastropoda: Hygromiidae)
Author
Hausdorf, Bernhard
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Journal of Natural History
2003
2003-10-10
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Caucasocressa taochorum
sp. n.
(figures 2, 20)
Shell
(figure 20). Indistinguishable from
C. joannis
.
Measurements.
Tortum
3 km
towards Narman (
N
=20); D=
13.1–17.3 mm
,
B
=
15.8 mm
; H=
7.8–10.9 mm
,
B
=
9.6 mm
; D/H=1.50–1.87,
B
=1.64.
Remarks.
Caucasocressa taochorum
differs from the related species in the ratio epiphallus: flagellum (see
table 2
), which is higher than that of the geographically neighbouring
C. tortumensis
, but lower than that of
C. schmalzi
and
C. phasiana
.
It differs from
C. tortumensis
and
C. phasiana
also in the higher epiphallus: vagina ratio and from
C. schmalzi
in the distinctly narrower umbilicus, taking only 7–11% of the shell breadth.
Etymology.
The species epithet refers to the occurrence of the species in the land of the ancient tribe
Taochi
(
taochorum
, genitive plural).
Type
locality.
V
.
Erzurum
:
Tortum
3 km
towards
Narman
, rocks, GE26
.
Distribution and material
(figure 2).
Caucasocressa taochorum
is known only from the
type
locality east of Tortum.
Turkey
:
V
.
Erzurum
:
Tortum
3 km
towards
Narman
, rocks, GE26 (det. anat.;
holotype
NNM
, leg.
H. Menkhorst
,
31 July 1990
, measurements: D=
17.2 mm
, H=
10.1 mm
;
paratypes
MEN
;
ZMH 2902
)
.