Phylogeny and systematic revision of the helicarionid semislugs of eastern Queensland (Stylommatophora, Helicarionidae)
Author
Hyman, Isabel T.
Author
Köhler, Frank
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/18759866-20191416
journal article
10.1163/18759866-20191416
1875-9866
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Stanisicarion wolvi
sp. nov.
Figs. 33
,
34C
,
39E–F
,
40
Etymology
For
Mt Wolvi
, the
type
locality; noun in apposition.
Material examined
Types
:
Holotype
:
AM
C.581912 (
Gympie District
,
Mt. Wolvi, Salmon Lookout
,
26° 10' 41" S
,
152° 52' 21" E
, coll.
04 Aug 2011
,
J. Ferguson
).
Paratypes
:
AM
C.478035 (same data as holotype)
.
Non-type material
: See
table 1
.
Description
External morphology
: Shell (fig. 34C) large (
20.5–20.7 mm
), golden amber, 3.9–4.4 whorls, subglobose with a very low spire. Body
40–45 mm
, colour (in alcohol) uniform grey, mid field of sole white, shell lappets and mantle lobes grey with few black spots. Shell lappets and mantle lobes moderately large, lappets heavily pustulose, lobes finely pustulose. Dark line along mantle edge. Tail weakly keeled at tip, slime network prominent.
FIGURE 39
Stanisicarion
spermatophores (Clade C). A–B.
S. aquila
, MO
77158. C–D.
S. aquila
, AM C.
269856. E–F.
S. wolvi
, AM C.
581912.
Genital anatomy:
Genitalia (figs. 39E–F, 40) with moderately long vagina, slightly swollen; bursa copulatrix moderately long, duct distinct, bursa elongate oval. Penis long, slender, narrowing distally, internally with fine, numerous pustules arranged in longitudinal rows; 40% of penis contained in penial tunica. Epiphallus slightly longer than penis; epiphallus enters penis through a very short, broad verge, pointed at tip; epiphallus 2 longer than epiphallus 1; epiphallic caecum of moderate length; flagellum moderately long, slender. Spermatophore with a very long, narrow tail-pipe sculptured with a single spiraling row of small teeth.
FIGURE 40 Genitalia of
S. wolvi
sp. nov.
, AM C.581912,
Wolvi Lookout, Mt Salmon. A. Reproductive
system. Arrow shows the junction of the penis and epiphallus. B. Penis interior. C.
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Remarks
Stanisicarion wolvi
(referred to above as ‘
Helicarionidae
sp. Mt Wolvi’) is known only from
Mt Wolvi
near Gympie in southeastern Qld (fig. 33). It is closely related to
S. aquila
, which is not recorded from
Mt Wolvi
but is found only a short distance to the south in Kenilworth. However,
S. wolvi
is larger than
S. aquila
and while it is only known from preserved specimens, appears to differ in its uniform grey colouration with fewer spots on the shell lappets.
Stanisicarion wolvi
was found buried in the soil under rocks in notophyll vine thicket.