Oxychilus (Drouetia) viridescens (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Oxychilidae), a new species from Santa Maria, Açores, and a review of the subgenus
Author
De Frias Martins, António M.
Author
Brito, Carlos P.
Author
Backeljau, Thierry
text
Zootaxa
2013
3619
3
343
368
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3619.3.5
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Subgenus
Drouetia
Gude,
1911
Original description
. Shell hyaline, very finely striated, and covered with excessively fine spirals, imperforate, the reflexed columella slightly twisted.
Type
species
.
Helix atlantica
, Morelet & Drouët,
1857
, from the Azores [São Miguel Island (Riedel
1964
)].
Remarks
. Gude (
1911
) proposed
Drouetia
as a monotypic genus for the endemic
Helix atlantica
, which according to Morelet (
1860
) occurred in most islands of the Azores. Zilch (
1959
) relegated the name to subgeneric status, and since then it has been generally accepted in this category. After Riedel’s (
1964
) anatomical research, several new species of
Drouetia
have been recognized (Martins
1981, 1989
) and the group was recorded in all Azorean islands (Martins
et al.
1989, 1990
).