Revision of the stygobiont gastropod genera Plagigeyeria Tomlin, 1930 and Travunijana Grego & Glöer, 2019 (Mollusca; Gastropoda; Moitessieriidae and Hydrobiidae) in Hercegovina and adjacent regions
Author
Grego, Jozef
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Horná Mičiná, SK- 97401 Banská Bystrica, Slovakia.
jozef.grego@gmail.com
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2020
2020-07-27
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journal article
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Genus
Travunijana
Grego & Glöer, 2019
Until now, this recently described genus was recognised only from the
type
locality of its
type
species (Vrelo “Goricki Studenac” in Gorica near Trebinje). However, closer investigation of the protoconch structure as well as of the general shell morphology supported the transferral of several species formerly assigned to
Plagigeyeria
to the genus
Travunijana
.
Differential diagnosis
The genus
Travunijana
can be clearly distinguished from the genus
Plagigeyeria
by its overall pitted surface sculpture of the protoconch without any spiral cords.
Plagigeyeria
has a faintly malleated and radially structured protoconch with spiral cords, malleated or granulated inter-rib spaces without a pitted surface. Furthermore, the shells of
Travunijana
are more solid with no flaring and less expanded apertures and with straight lateral labral profile and a characteristic smooth sinuation at the columellar margin. The lateral labral profile of
Plagigeyeria
is mostly sinuated, especially around the anterior and posterior canals and the part of the columellar margin adjacent to columella is straight or weakly sinuated. The peristome of
Plagigeyeria
is more reflexed and more widely expanded. The shell surface of
Travunijana
is lacking the inter-rib axially malleated surface structures of
Plagigeyeria
. The genus
Belgrandia
Bourguignat, 1870
with its Balkan representatives has also a pitted protoconch, however the present pitting is deeper and coarser than that of
Travunijana
. The genus
Belgrandia
can be distinguished by a distinct callous varix at the labrum or at the labral part of the body whorl.
Anatomy
The anatomy of the male genitals of the
type
species is described by Grego & Glöer (2019) (p. 88: fig. 6).
Distribution
The genus
Travunijana
is known from the karst regions adjacent to the South Dalmatian coastline from Gradac and Ploče to Dubrovnik, and about
32 km
inland from the Adriatic coastline to Prolog, Vrgorac, Svitava, Veličani and to Trebinje. Further northwards its distribution is known from Trebinje to Bileća and towards Gatačko Polje and Dabarsko Polje to Vrelo “Bunica” in Hodbina (
Fig. 19
). The distribution ranges of
Travunijana
and
Plagigeyeria
overlap only in the area of Hodbina, Dabarsko Polje and north of Trebinje, where both genera could occur sympatrically.
Type
species
Travunijana vruljakensis
Grego & Glöer, 2019
,
holotype
HNHM MOLL 104416.
Other taxa assigned to the genus
Plagigeyeria ovalis
Kuščer, 1933
,
Plagigeyeria robusta
Schütt, 1959
,
Plagigeyeria robusta asculpta
Schütt, 1972
,
Plagigeyeria klemmi
Schütt, 1961
,
Plagigeyeria nitida
Schütt, 1963
,
Plagigeyeria angelovi
Schütt, 1972
,
Plagigeyeria edlaueri
Schütt, 1961
,
Plagigeyeria tribunicae
Schütt, 1963
and
Travunijana gloeri
sp. nov.