Taxonomic revision of the subterranean genus Virpazaria Gittenberger, 1969 (Gastropoda, Spelaeodiscidae)
Author
Fehér, Zoltán
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Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Baross u. 13, Budapest, H- 1088, Hungary.
feher.zoltan@nhmus.hu
Author
Deli, Tamás
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Móricz Zsigmond u. 2, Gyomaendrőd, H- 5500, Hungary.
virpazaria@gmail.com
Author
Erőss, Zoltán P.
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Bem u. 36., Budapest, H- 1151, Hungary.
erosspeter@hotmail.com
Author
Lika, Romilda
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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
558
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25
journal article
10.5852/ejt.2019.558
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2118-9773
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Virpazaria (Virpazaria) deelemanorum deelemanorum
Gittenberger, 1975
Virpazaria (Virpazaria) deelemanorum
Gittenberger, 1975: 268–269
, figs 3 (shell), 4–5 (genitals), table
I.1.
Virpazaria (Virpazaria) deelemanorum
–
Welter-Schultes 2012: 212
(in part).
Diagnosis
Discoid shell, hardly emerging spire, body whorl silhouette symmetrically rounded. Wide umbilicus. Aperture crescent-shaped, mostly visible in frontal view. Two – more or less equal-sized – knobs on palatal peristome. Callous thickening on peristome between its columellar junction and upper palatal knob.
Material examined
Holotype
MONTENEGRO
• E of
Podgorica
,
Mt. Fundina
,
Čafa Pješatica Cave
;
A.P.B. Deeleman
leg.;
RMNH
55031
.
Paratypes
MONTENEGRO
•
1 spec.
; same collection data as for holotype; includes genital preparation
RMNH
806a,b;
RMNH
55032
•
1 spec.
; same locality as for holotype;
E. Gittenberger
leg.;
RMNH
55033
•
1 spec.
;
Pećina od Zavora
near Peuta
, ENE of
Podgorica
;
Deeleman-Reinhold
leg.;
RMNH
55034
[not seen]
.
Fig. 2.
Distribution of species of
Virpazaria
Gittenberger, 1969
in the western part of the Balkan Peninsula.
Dimensions
H
2.1–2.3 mm
; W
3.7–4.2 mm
.