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AC, 2, 17AB
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, fig. 2cd. Syn. nov.
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Godwin-Austen, in
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, text-fig. 19 (1). —
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, pl. 24, fig. 18.
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Shell small, spire slightly raised, whorls slightly flat-sided; protoconch smooth, at most microscopically shagreened (diameter ±315 μm); teleoconch texture silky; sculpture comprising simple, very fine and close-set axial riblets, tending to alternate in strength; spiral sculpture of faint threads in riblet intervals; parietal region with a single well-developed, in-running lamella (sometimes bifurcating posteriorly); baso-columellar region with a well-developed, in-running ridge-like denticle; palatal region usually lacking dentition (exceptionally with a weak supra-peripheral ridge); umbilicus relatively narrow. Shell pale honey-coloured when fresh; diameter up to
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.
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<emphasis id="B91AEA814608FFC640BF45883092F91A" bold="true" box="[189,426,1705,1731]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Material examined</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B91AEA814608FFC640BF45FB3365F92D" box="[189,605,1754,1780]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Afrodonta bilamellaris bilamellaris</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFFF4B624608FFC6426645FB32AEF92D" author="Melvill J. C. &amp; Ponsonby J. H." box="[612,918,1754,1780]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" pagination="129 - 136" refId="ref26977" refString="Melvill J. C. &amp; Ponsonby J. H. 1908. Descriptions of nine terrestrial Mollusca from South Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 8, 1 (2): 129 - 136. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222930808692373" type="journal article" year="1908">Melvill &amp; Ponsonby 1908</bibRefCitation>
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(by inference,
<bibRefCitation id="EFFF4B624608FFC6421A443C323BF8E1" author="Connolly M." box="[536,771,1821,1848]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" pagination="59 - 306" refId="ref26546" refString="Connolly M. 1912. A revised reference list of South African non-marine Mollusca; with descriptions of new species in the South African Museum. Annals of the South African Museum 11: 59 - 306. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 5071" type="journal article" year="1912">Connolly 1912: 128</bibRefCitation>
)
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;
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.
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<paragraph id="8BD136934608FFC640BF44A63085F832" blockId="4.[189,1398,1926,2027]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">
Two localities were cited in the original description, Dargle and Edendale Falls;
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stated that the type was from Dargle, but both the NHM register and labels cite Edendale Falls as the locality for lot 1908.12.14.54.
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<emphasis id="B91AEA814609FFC740BF44623030F887" bold="true" box="[189,264,1859,1886]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Fig. 1.</emphasis>
Shells of
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<emphasis id="B91AEA814609FFC74177446530D3F887" box="[373,491,1860,1886]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Afrodonta</emphasis>
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species.
<emphasis id="B91AEA814609FFC74252446233B1F884" bold="true" box="[592,649,1859,1885]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">AC</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="4C6E4D104609FFC7429744653547F887" authority="Melvill &amp; Ponsonby, 1908" authorityName="Melvill &amp; Ponsonby" authorityYear="1908" box="[661,1151,1860,1886]" class="Gastropoda" family="Endodontidae" genus="Afrodonta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Stylommatophora" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="bilamellaris">
<emphasis id="B91AEA814609FFC7429744653271F887" box="[661,841,1860,1886]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Af.bilamellaris</emphasis>
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, Karkloof, KwaZulu- Natal, diameter 1.45 mm (NMSA W8721).
<emphasis id="B91AEA814609FFC742B3444633DFF858" bold="true" box="[689,743,1895,1921]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">DF</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="4C6E4D104609FFC742F64446351BF858" authority="Solem, 1970" authorityName="Solem" authorityYear="1970" box="[756,1059,1895,1921]" class="Gastropoda" family="Endodontidae" genus="Afrodonta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Stylommatophora" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="connollyi">
<emphasis id="B91AEA814609FFC742F6444632B0F858" box="[756,904,1895,1921]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Af. connollyi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFFF4B624609FFC7438C4446351BF858" author="Solem A." box="[910,1059,1895,1921]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" pagination="342 - 364" refId="ref27176" refString="Solem A. 1970. The land snail genus Afrodonta (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Endodontidae). Annals of the Natal Museum 20: 342 - 364." type="journal article" year="1970">Solem, 1970</bibRefCitation>
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, Middledrift, Thukela Valley, KwaZulu-Natal, diameter 1.52 mm (NMSA V4985).
<emphasis id="B91AEA814609FFC7432444AB3262F87D" bold="true" box="[806,858,1930,1956]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">GJ</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="4C6E4D104609FFC7436544AB3583F87D" authority="(Burnup, 1912)" baseAuthorityName="Burnup" baseAuthorityYear="1912" box="[871,1211,1930,1956]" class="Gastropoda" family="Endodontidae" genus="Afrodonta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Stylommatophora" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="farquhari">
<emphasis id="B91AEA814609FFC7436544AB32C6F87D" box="[871,1022,1930,1956]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Af. farquhari</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFFF4B624609FFC7440E44AB358AF87D" author="Burnup H. C." box="[1036,1202,1930,1956]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" pagination="333 - 343" refId="ref26463" refString="Burnup H. C. 1912. On Afrodonta Melv. and Pons., with descriptions of new species. Annals of the Natal Museum 2 (3): 333 - 343." type="journal article" year="1912">Burnup, 1912</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, Gamtoos River mouth, E. Cape, diameter 1.39 mm (NMSA W8688).
<emphasis id="B91AEA814609FFC74325448C325AF81E" bold="true" box="[807,866,1965,1991]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">KN</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="4C6E4D104609FFC7436D448C3508F81E" authority="Herbert, 2020" authorityName="Herbert" authorityYear="2020" box="[879,1072,1965,1991]" class="Gastropoda" family="Endodontidae" genus="Afrodonta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Stylommatophora" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="geminodonta" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B91AEA814609FFC7436D448C3508F81E" box="[879,1072,1965,1991]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Af. geminodonta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22957FA4609FFC74434448F35A9F811" box="[1078,1169,1966,1992]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, holotype, diameter 1.36 mm (NMSA V9891/T4241).
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<emphasis id="B91AEA81460AFFC440E8422A309AFEFC" bold="true" box="[234,418,267,293]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
<typeStatus id="54D58831460AFFC440E8422A309AFEFC" box="[234,418,267,293]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" type="paralectotype">Paralectotypes</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD13693460AFFC440BF420F3245FE57" blockId="6.[189,1399,267,399]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
<materialsCitation id="3B063CCE460AFFC440BF420F305EFEB5" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="2605305629" collectionCode="NHMUK" country="South Africa" location="KwaZulu-Natal" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" specimenCode="NHMUK 1908.12.14.55" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="KwaZulu-Natal" typeStatus="paralectotype">
<collectingCountry id="F3797603460AFFC440BF420F30AAFE91" box="[189,402,302,328]" name="South Africa" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">SOUTH AFRICA</collectingCountry>
<emphasis id="B91AEA81460AFFC441B4420F3343FE91" bold="true" box="[438,635,302,328]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
<collectingRegion id="49AAF871460AFFC441B4420F3343FE91" box="[438,635,302,328]" country="South Africa" name="KwaZulu-Natal" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">KwaZulu-Natal</collectingRegion>
</emphasis>
<specimenCount id="9D68FD1A460AFFC4429E420F3210FE91" box="[668,808,302,328]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" type="generic">1 specimen</specimenCount>
; same collection data as for lectotype;
<specimenCode id="DBC89EE8460AFFC4450A420E305EFEB5" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">NHMUK 1908.12.14.55</specimenCode>
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation id="3B063CCE460AFFC4417F4270344FFEB5" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="2605305667" box="[381,1399,337,364]" collectionCode="NHMUK" country="South Africa" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" specimenCode="NHMUK 1937.12.30.2723 to 2725" specimenCount="3" stateProvince="KwaZulu-Natal" typeStatus="paralectotype">
<specimenCount id="9D68FD1A460AFFC4417F42703329FEB2" box="[381,529,337,363]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" type="generic">3 specimens</specimenCount>
; same collection data as for preceding;
<specimenCode id="DBC89EE8460AFFC443DE4273344FFEB5" box="[988,1399,337,364]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">NHMUK 1937.12.30.2723 to 2725</specimenCode>
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation id="3B063CCE460AFFC440CD42543242FE57" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="2605305739" box="[207,890,372,399]" collectionCode="NMSA" collectorName="H. C. Burnup" country="South Africa" location="Dargle" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" specimenCode="NMSA 2182/T610" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="KwaZulu-Natal" typeStatus="paralectotype">
<specimenCount id="9D68FD1A460AFFC440CD42543060FE57" box="[207,344,372,399]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" type="generic">1 specimen</specimenCount>
;
<location id="8EB16048460AFFC441614255308EFE57" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03C787854608FFC541F3408D32B5FDC6:8EB16048460AFFC441614255308EFE57" box="[355,438,372,398]" country="South Africa" name="Dargle" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" stateProvince="KwaZulu-Natal">Dargle</location>
;
<collectorName id="269B5345460AFFC441C042543360FE56" box="[450,600,373,399]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">H.C. Burnup</collectorName>
leg.;
<specimenCode id="DBC89EE8460AFFC4429842543242FE57" box="[666,890,372,399]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">NMSA 2182/T610</specimenCode>
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD13693460AFFC440BF429C33CFFE01" blockId="6.[189,759,445,472]" box="[189,759,445,472]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
<taxonomicName id="4C6E4D10460AFFC440BF429C33CFFE01" authority="Solem, 1970" authorityName="Solem" authorityYear="1970" box="[189,759,445,472]" class="Gastropoda" family="Endodontidae" genus="Afrodonta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Stylommatophora" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Mollusca" rank="subSpecies" species="bilamellaris" subSpecies="londonensis">
<emphasis id="B91AEA81460AFFC440BF429C3363FE0E" box="[189,603,445,471]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Afrodonta bilamellaris londonensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFFF4B62460AFFC44261429C33CFFE01" author="Solem A." box="[611,759,445,472]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" pagination="342 - 364" refId="ref27176" refString="Solem A. 1970. The land snail genus Afrodonta (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Endodontidae). Annals of the Natal Museum 20: 342 - 364." type="journal article" year="1970">Solem, 1970</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B91AEA81460AFFC440E841263064FDF8" bold="true" box="[234,348,519,545]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
<typeStatus id="54D58831460AFFC440E841263064FDF8" box="[234,348,519,545]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
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<paragraph id="8BD13693460AFFC440BF410B350FFD9D" blockId="6.[189,1079,519,580]" box="[189,1079,553,580]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
<materialsCitation id="3B063CCE460AFFC440BF410B350FFD9D" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="2605305624" box="[189,1079,553,580]" collectionCode="NMSA" country="South Africa" location="Signal Hill" municipality="East London" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" specimenCode="NMSA 4359/T1183" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="E. Cape" typeStatus="holotype">
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<collectingRegion id="49AAF871460AFFC441A5410B333FFD9D" box="[423,519,554,580]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">E. Cape</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingMunicipality id="6BB5ACE9460AFFC44211410B3393FD9D" box="[531,683,554,580]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">East London</collectingMunicipality>
,
<location id="8EB16048460AFFC442B5410B3202FD9D" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03C787854608FFC541F3408D32B5FDC6:8EB16048460AFFC442B5410B3202FD9D" box="[695,826,554,580]" country="South Africa" municipality="East London" name="Signal Hill" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" stateProvince="E. Cape">Signal Hill</location>
;
<specimenCode id="DBC89EE8460AFFC44344410B350AFD9D" box="[838,1074,553,580]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">NMSA 4359/T1183</specimenCode>
.
</materialsCitation>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD13693460AFFC440E84152305FFD54" blockId="6.[189,1398,627,724]" box="[234,359,627,653]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
<emphasis id="B91AEA81460AFFC440E84152305FFD54" bold="true" box="[234,359,627,653]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
<typeStatus id="54D58831460AFFC440E84152305FFD54" box="[234,359,627,653]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD13693460AFFC440BF41B732D5FD0D" blockId="6.[189,1398,627,724]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
<materialsCitation id="3B063CCE460AFFC440BF41B7344AFD69" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="2605305726" box="[189,1394,662,688]" collectionCode="NMSA" country="South Africa" location="E. Cape" municipality="East London" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" specimenCode="NMSA 4360/T1184" specimenCount="2" stateProvince="E. Cape" typeStatus="paratype">
<collectingCountry id="F3797603460AFFC440BF41B730B7FD69" box="[189,399,662,688]" name="South Africa" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">SOUTH AFRICA</collectingCountry>
<emphasis id="B91AEA81460AFFC441AF41B73329FD69" bold="true" box="[429,529,662,688]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
<collectingRegion id="49AAF871460AFFC441AF41B73329FD69" box="[429,529,662,688]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">E. Cape</collectingRegion>
</emphasis>
<specimenCount id="9D68FD1A460AFFC4422941B733F8FD69" box="[555,704,662,688]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" type="generic">2 specimens</specimenCount>
; same collection data as for holotype;
<specimenCode id="DBC89EE8460AFFC4448741B7344AFD69" box="[1157,1394,662,688]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">NMSA 4360/T1184</specimenCode>
</materialsCitation>
; •
<materialsCitation id="3B063CCE460AFFC440CD419832D2FD0D" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="2605305743" box="[207,1002,697,724]" collectionCode="FMNH" country="South Africa" location="Signal Hill" municipality="East London" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" specimenCode="FMNH 159054" specimenCount="2" stateProvince="Western Cape" typeStatus="paratype">
<specimenCount id="9D68FD1A460AFFC440CD4198305BFD0A" box="[207,355,697,723]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" type="generic">2 specimens</specimenCount>
; same collection data as for preceding;
<specimenCode id="DBC89EE8460AFFC44330419B32D2FD0D" box="[818,1002,697,724]" collectionCode="FMNH" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34795" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34795" name="Field Museum of Natural History" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" type="Museum">FMNH 159054</specimenCode>
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="8BD13693460AFFC440BF4023330CFCC5" blockId="6.[189,564,770,796]" box="[189,564,770,796]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
<heading id="D09981FF460AFFC440BF4023330CFCC5" bold="true" box="[189,564,770,796]" fontSize="11" level="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" reason="3">
<emphasis id="B91AEA81460AFFC440BF4023330CFCC5" bold="true" box="[189,564,770,796]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Distribution and conservation</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD13693460AFFC440BF401133CEFC01" blockId="6.[189,1399,816,984]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
Endemic to south-eastern
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(
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), ranging widely from central
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(Zinkwazi), through E.
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to eastern W.
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(Knysna area); in E.
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and W.
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it is confined to forests in the coastal hinterland, but in
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it ranges inland to the southern mistbelt forests of the Midlands. Inhabits a range of forest and dense thicket-like habitats, from the coast to
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a.s.l., living in leaf-litter. Not of conservation concern.
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<emphasis id="B91AEA81460AFFC440BF47263017FBF8" bold="true" box="[189,303,1031,1057]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Remarks</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="EFFF4B62460AFFC440BF47143064FB96" author="Solem A." box="[189,348,1077,1103]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" pagination="342 - 364" refId="ref27176" refString="Solem A. 1970. The land snail genus Afrodonta (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Endodontidae). Annals of the Natal Museum 20: 342 - 364." type="journal article" year="1970">Solem (1970)</bibRefCitation>
described smaller, strongly dentate specimens from East London as a separate subspecies,
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, and similar specimens have been found subsequently at other localities (Port St Johns area, Tsitsikamma and Knysna). However, the reported differences between the subspecies are a matter of degree and I have not found it possible to discriminate consistently between the two. This, in conjunction with the fact that the records of strongly dentate
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specimens are not geographically circumscribed and spatially separated from the nominotypical form, leads me to conclude that the two do not represent distinct entities and that
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is simply a variable species in terms of the strength of the apertural dentition. This variation occurs to some extent within as well as between populations. In one strongly dentate
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population from the Port St Johns area, some individuals evince traces of palatal dentition in the form of a weak supra-peripheral ridge or denticle and occasionally an even weaker sub-peripheral one.
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