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<mods:namePart>de Winter, A. J.</mods:namePart>
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de Winter &amp; Vastenhout
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<figureCitation box="[561,646,534,560]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="45.[181,214,1592,1614]" captionTargetBox="[188,1133,219,1559]" captionTargetId="figure-9@45.[188,1133,219,1559]" captionTargetPageId="45" captionText="Fig. 26. Pseudavakubia majus sp. n.: (AE) holotype, RMNH.MOL.123136: apertural (A), lateral (B, C), umbilical (D) and apical (E) views; (F, G) small-sized specimen from Ghana, Atewa Range Forest Reserve, RMNH.MOL.125937, apertural (F) and lateral (G) views. Scale bar = 1 mm." pageId="44" pageNumber="649">Figs 26</figureCitation>
,
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Etymology: From Latin
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Diagnosis: A comparatively large, cylindrical species of
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<paragraph blockId="44.[144,1105,697,1557]" box="[144,283,697,723]" pageId="44" pageNumber="649">Description:</paragraph>
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)
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, cylindrical-biconical, largest width at penultimate whorl, high-spired, H:D 1.941.95. Whorls 7¼, little convex, whorl increase fast, coiling tightness 4.95 (
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). Protoconch diameter 1.4 (
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. Protoconch irregularly coiled, whorl diameter increase of first whorls uneven. First 1½ protoconch whorl almost smooth (not studied with SEM), shining. Remaining ¾ protoconch whorl with 56 low, irregularly spaced cords. Boundary between smooth and spirally sculptured portion of protoconch sharp; transition from protoconch to teleoconch more gradual with a short zone of reticulate sculpture of axial ribs crossed by spirals. Body whorl proportionally large, BWH 4244% of H, in
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42%. Periphery of last whorl rounded. Peristome entire, not strongly incrassate, higher than wide,
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:PW 1.061.14, in
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1.14.
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3334 % of H, in
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33 %, PW 5762% of D, in
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57%. Palatal-basal lip in lateral view curved and arching forward. Tooth on mid-palatal wall blunt.Angular tooth protrudes, proceeding inwards as low, deeply entering lamella. Umbilicus closed, umbilical depression with radiating ribs. Teleoconch sculptured by slightly oblique, regularly spaced axial ribs, 9.210.7 ribs/mm, in
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9.2, with fine spirals in interstices.
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<emphasis box="[144,285,1257,1283]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="649">Body colour</emphasis>
: Ommatophores of preserved specimen bright orange, other soft parts without obvious colouration.
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<emphasis box="[144,244,1329,1355]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="649">Anatomy</emphasis>
(
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): See genus diagnosis.
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:
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,
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slope in upland evergreen forest,
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,
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,
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&amp;
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(
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.MOL.123136).
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, shell fragments, soft parts dissected, same data as holotype (
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.
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material examined:
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:
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dry shell,
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, plateau in upland evergreen forest,
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,
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,
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&amp;
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(
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.MOL.125937)
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.
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Distribution (
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): Only known from the Atewa Range Forest Reserve in
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.
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Habitat: Two live specimens were collected from the understorey vegetation in upland evergreen forest at
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660
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. Found sympatrically with
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<emphasis box="[796,946,1650,1675]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="649">P. atewaensis</emphasis>
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.
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Fig. 26.
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<emphasis box="[258,456,1592,1614]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="650">Pseudavakubia majus</emphasis>
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: (AE) holotype, RMNH.MOL.123136: apertural (A), lateral (B, C), umbilical (D) and apical (E) views; (F, G) small-sized specimen from Ghana, Atewa Range Forest Reserve, RMNH.MOL.125937, apertural (F) and lateral (G) views. Scale bar = 1 mm.
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Fig. 27.
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<emphasis box="[215,412,1209,1231]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="651">Pseudavakubia majus</emphasis>
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, paratype from type locality, RMNH.MOL.123323: (A, B) genital anatomy; (C) talon; (D) embryo from uterus. Abbreviations as in Figs 6, 15. Scale bar = 0.5 mm. (Figs 27AC drawn by Bas Blankenvoort from photographs of mounted genitalia preparations)
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Remarks: One adult shell with a clearly shorter spire (
<figureCitation box="[720,847,1329,1355]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="45.[181,214,1592,1614]" captionTargetBox="[188,1133,219,1559]" captionTargetId="figure-9@45.[188,1133,219,1559]" captionTargetPageId="45" captionText="Fig. 26. Pseudavakubia majus sp. n.: (AE) holotype, RMNH.MOL.123136: apertural (A), lateral (B, C), umbilical (D) and apical (E) views; (F, G) small-sized specimen from Ghana, Atewa Range Forest Reserve, RMNH.MOL.125937, apertural (F) and lateral (G) views. Scale bar = 1 mm." pageId="46" pageNumber="651">Figs 26F, G</figureCitation>
) may have prematurely reached adulthood (shell with developed aperture with barriers and reflected lip), as is suggested by the smaller shell height, smaller number of whorls and less tightly closed umbilicus. Measurements of this specimen are not included in the above description as the specimen may be atypical for the species.
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