Terrestrial molluscs of Cabo Delgado and adjacent inland areas of north-eastern Mozambique
Author
Muratov, Igor V.
text
African Invertebrates
2010
2010-12-31
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http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.051.0203
journal article
10.5733/afin.051.0203
2305-2562
7913493
Nesopupa
(
Insulipupa
)
corrugata
(Preston, 1912)
Fig. 13
Jaminia corrugata
: Preston 1912: 71
, fig. 4 (
Victoria
Falls; 2.25×1.00 mm).
A single, heavily worn shell found on
Cabo Delgado
.Previously recorded from the area near the
type
locality. There is also a single shell in the Natal Museum (L6653) collected on
19 February 1963
by
A.C. and W.H. van Bruggen
in the forest east of
Gôndola in Central
Mozambique
.
Characteristic
strong corrugation (of the periostracum) can be observed only on fresh shells, and “a small, rather indistinct basal denticle situated well within and rather on the right-hand side of the shell” (
Preston
1912: 71) can be missing (
Pilsbry
&
Cooke
1920: 362, pl. 34, fig. 15).
The
shell from
Cabo Delgado
has just barely noticeable thickening in place of the lower palatal tooth, with a corresponding slight indentation on the outer surface of the last whorl.
N. corrugata
has a stronger corrugated periostracum and is proportionally higher than the preceding species
.