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<mods:title>Revision of the Afrotropical land snail genus Avakubia Pilsbry, 1919, with description of Pseudavakubia gen. n. and eleven new species (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Streptaxidae)</mods:title>
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<taxonomicName ID-CoL="7STRM" authority="de Winter" authorityName="de Winter &amp; Vastenhout" authorityYear="2013" box="[371,806,1531,1558]" class="Gastropoda" family="Streptaxidae" genus="Pseudavakubia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Stylommatophora" pageId="46" pageNumber="651" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="atewaensis" status="sp. n.">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[371,688,1531,1557]" pageId="46" pageNumber="651">Pseudavakubia atewaensis</emphasis>
de Winter
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,
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<figureCitation box="[538,671,1572,1598]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="47.[181,214,1558,1580]" captionTargetBox="[196,1123,330,1539]" captionTargetId="figure-116@47.[196,1123,330,1539]" captionTargetPageId="47" captionText="Fig. 28. Shells of Pseudavakubia species: (A–E) P. atewaensis sp. n., holotype, RMNH.MOL.122875: apertural (A), lateral (B, C), umbilical (D) and apical (E) views; (F–I) P.atewaensis sp. n., paratype from type locality, NMW.Z.2013.055.00002: apertural (F), lateral (G), umbilical (H) and apical (I) views; (J–N) P. liberiana sp. n., holotype, MCZ 77342, apertural (J), lateral (K, L), umbilical (M) and apical (N) views. Scale bar = 1 mm." pageId="46" pageNumber="651">Figs 28A–I</figureCitation>
,
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Etymology: Name refers to the
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locality, the Atewa Range Forest Reserve, one of very few mid-altitude forest areas in
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, which is severely threatened by illegal logging and plans for bauxite exploitation (
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McCullough
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2007
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). The area has a very high land snail diversity, with various land snail taxa not found elsewhere in
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so far (de Winter, Tattersfield &amp; Nutsuakor, unpubl. data).
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Fig. 28. Shells of
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<emphasis box="[353,491,1558,1579]" italics="true" pageId="47" pageNumber="652">Pseudavakubia</emphasis>
species
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: (A–E)
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<emphasis box="[647,771,1559,1580]" italics="true" pageId="47" pageNumber="652">P. atewaensis</emphasis>
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, holotype, RMNH.MOL.122875: apertural (A), lateral (B, C), umbilical (D) and apical (E) views; (F–I)
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<emphasis box="[879,999,1583,1604]" italics="true" pageId="47" pageNumber="652">P. atewaensis</emphasis>
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, paratype from type locality, NMW.Z.2013.055.00002: apertural (F), lateral (G), umbilical (H) and apical (I) views; (J–N)
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<emphasis box="[371,477,1630,1652]" italics="true" pageId="47" pageNumber="652">P. liberiana</emphasis>
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, holotype, MCZ 77342, apertural (J), lateral (K, L), umbilical (M) and apical (N) views. Scale bar = 1 mm.
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Diagnosis:
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<emphasis box="[272,425,204,229]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="653">P. atewaensis</emphasis>
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differs from
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by having less depressed apical whorls, a straight palatal lip (not arching forward in lateral view), a more rounded peristome, and a more angulate and proportionally smaller body whorl. The
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shell of
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is smaller and less slender with a proportionally larger body whorl and a weaker palatal tooth.
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has a distinctly larger and more cylindrical shell with less tightly coiled whorls.
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<paragraph blockId="48.[144,1104,204,822]" box="[144,283,404,430]" pageId="48" pageNumber="653">Description:</paragraph>
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<emphasis box="[144,200,444,470]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="653">Shell</emphasis>
(
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,
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): Small (H
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), subcylindrical to strongly biconical, high-spired (H:D 1.75–1.85), greatest diameter at penultimate whorl. Whorls above widest portion of shell moderately to strongly tapering towards apex. Whorls 6¾, moderately convex, whorl increase comparatively slow (coiling tightness
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5.7). Protoconch diameter 1.0–
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. Protoconch irregularly coiled, which is noticeable in lateral views of the shell. First 1¼ whorls distinctly raised above nucleus, providing apex with strongly distorted­acuminate appearance, with very fine spiral sculpture crossed by low growth lines (
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), appearing smooth and shining at lower magnification. Later protoconch (
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¾ whorl) with six distant spiral ridges. Transition of ‘smooth’ to spirally sculptured portion of protoconch abrupt, transition from protoconch to teleoconch more gradual, first 5 axial ribs of the teleoconch being crossed by spiral cords. Body whorl proportionally small, BWH 38–39 % of H. Periphery of body whorl somewhat angular. Peristome entire, incrassate, proportionally small, roundish in outline, about as high as wide or wider than high,
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:PW 0.93–1.03,
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29% of H, PW 0.5–0.56 % of D. Palatal margin of peristome in lateral view comparatively straight, not arching forward.Angular tooth somewhat protruding, continuing as deeply entering lamella. Tooth on mid-palatal wall strong and pointed. Umbilicus closed, umbilical chink with radiating ribs. Teleoconch sculpture consists of slightly oblique, curved axial ribs, 8.7–8.8 ribs/mm, with fine spirals in interstices.
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Fig. 29. SEM photographs of shell sculpture of
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, RMNH.MOL.330214: (A) apex; (B) sculpture on first protoconch whorl; (C) sculpture on second protoconch whorl; (D) transition of protoconch to teleoconch.
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: Dried-in soft parts of
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reddish.
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<emphasis box="[181,281,476,502]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="654">Anatomy</emphasis>
: Unknown.
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:
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:
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:
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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&amp;
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, steep E­facing slope in upland evergreen forest (
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. MOL.123111).
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:
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shell in alcohol, same data as holotype (
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.Z.2013.055.00002)
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.
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Other material examined:
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:
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:
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dry shell
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,
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<elevation box="[294,353,655,677]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.55" pageId="49" pageNumber="654" unit="m" value="655.0">655 m</elevation>
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,
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<collectingDate box="[361,449,655,677]" pageId="49" pageNumber="654" value="2010-01-23">23.i.2010</collectingDate>
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,
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,
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&amp;
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, SE­facing slope in recently logged upland evergreen forest (
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.MOL.330214)
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Distribution (
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): Only known from the Atewa Range Forest Reserve in
<collectingCountry box="[1045,1122,716,742]" name="Ghana" pageId="49" pageNumber="654">Ghana</collectingCountry>
.
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Habitat: Both adult specimens were obtained from floor litter samples in upland evergreen forest at about
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.
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A juvenile was collected from the understorey vegetation. Found sympatrically with
<taxonomicName authorityName="de Winter &amp; Vastenhout" authorityYear="2013" box="[476,571,820,845]" class="Gastropoda" family="Streptaxidae" genus="Pseudavakubia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Stylommatophora" pageId="49" pageNumber="654" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="majus">
<emphasis box="[476,571,820,845]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="654">P. majus</emphasis>
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.
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Remarks:
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<emphasis box="[295,445,860,885]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="654">P. atewaensis</emphasis>
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resembles
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<emphasis box="[570,701,860,886]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="654">P. liberiana</emphasis>
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, sharing a strait palatal lip, a proportionally small, rounded peristome and close-set axial ribs on the teleoconch. The
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shell of
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<emphasis box="[270,400,924,950]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="654">P. liberiana</emphasis>
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is smaller and less slender with a proportionally larger body whorl and a weaker palatal tooth.
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