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Genus
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species
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<emphasis id="B942EAA16758FF834FC4FBFAFE94FBA0" bold="true" box="[189,310,1087,1113]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Diagnosis</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="8B8936B36758FF834FC4FBABFD45FAA6" blockId="31.[189,1399,1134,1375]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Shell small, delicate and glossy, periphery at or just below mid-whorl; umbilicus absent, edge of columella lip reflected and slightly thickened with a thin, whitish callus; columella running into axis of coiling rather than fusing with the parietal region; protoconch essentially smooth. Optic tentacles conspicuously dark. Penis long, coiled inside sheath; epiphallus long; caecum elongate, situated just proximal to mid-point of epiphallus, well separated from insertion of penial retractor muscle; penial verge absent; vagina long. Terminal branches of spermatophore spines bluntly bifid; distal portion of spermatophore tail smooth and relatively short.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B942EAA16758FF834FC4FA4DFEE6FA5B" bold="true" box="[189,324,1416,1442]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Etymology</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="8B8936B36758FF834FC4FA72FC7FFA0D" blockId="31.[189,1399,1461,1524]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">From the Greek ‘σελάτης’, m., a snail, and ‘Δρυάς’, f., a Dryad or forest nymph; in reference to the delicate shell and preferred habitat of these snails. Gender feminine.</paragraph>
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<heading id="D0C181DF6758FF834FC4F9D8FE8DF9CE" bold="true" box="[189,303,1565,1591]" fontSize="11" level="3" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" reason="3">
<emphasis id="B942EAA16758FF834FC4F9D8FE8DF9CE" bold="true" box="[189,303,1565,1591]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Remarks</emphasis>
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The morphology of the penis and epiphallus, and the bluntly bifid branch tips of the spermatophore spines of
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<emphasis id="B942EAA16758FF834E48F9B5FE1EF973" box="[305,444,1648,1674]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Selatodryas</emphasis>
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suggest a close relationship with
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A27157DA6758FF834B3CF9B5FBC9F970" box="[1093,1131,1648,1673]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" sensu="stricto">s.s.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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Similarly, the form of the columella region (complete absence of an umbilicus) is a character shared with some species of
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<emphasis id="B942EAA16758FF834FC4F972FE90F928" box="[189,306,1719,1745]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Sheldonia</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B942EAA16758FF834E42F97DFEFBF928" box="[315,345,1720,1745]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">s.s</emphasis>
.
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(such as
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<emphasis id="B942EAA16758FF834EADF97DFDD3F928" box="[468,625,1720,1746]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">S. trotteriana</emphasis>
(Benson, 1848)
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,
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<emphasis id="B942EAA16758FF834C39F97DFC74F928" box="[832,982,1719,1746]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">S. natalensis</emphasis>
(Pfeiffer, 1846)
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and
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<emphasis id="B942EAA16758FF834BABF97DFAD5F928" box="[1234,1399,1719,1746]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">S. cotyledonis</emphasis>
(Benson, 1850))
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. However, two characters of
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<emphasis id="B942EAA16758FF834DA1F91EFCC1F90C" box="[728,867,1755,1781]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Selatodryas</emphasis>
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set the genus apart from
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, namely the smooth protoconch and the short distal portion of the spermatophore tail that lacks a double row of blunt projections.
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Preliminary mtDNA data confirm this close relationship, placing the two species of
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<emphasis id="B942EAA16758FF834B95F8A0FAD5F886" box="[1260,1399,1893,1919]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Selatodryas</emphasis>
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in a well-supported clade sister to, but distinct from
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<emphasis id="B942EAA16758FF834CB9F84CFB97F85A" box="[960,1077,1929,1955]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Sheldonia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B942EAA16758FF834B38F84FFBFDF85A" box="[1089,1119,1930,1955]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">s.s</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFA74B426758FF834B00F84CFF5FF83E" author="Herbert D. G. &amp; Moussalli A." pageId="31" pageNumber="32" pagination="20 - 21" refId="ref24016" refString="Herbert D. G. &amp; Moussalli A. 2009. Tail-wagger snails: molecules and morphology - systematics and biogeography (Pulmonata: Urocyclidae). Tenth Anniversary Conference of the Southern African Society for Systematic Biology, Illovo Beach, KwaZulu-Natal, 25 - 27 July, 2009: 20 - 21." type="proceedings paper" year="2009">Herbert &amp; Moussalli 2009</bibRefCitation>
).
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<emphasis id="B942EAA16758FF834E6CF868FE02F83E" box="[277,416,1965,1991]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Selatodryas</emphasis>
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is known only from high altitude forest (Southern Mistbelt). From a biogeographical perspective the ranges of the two genera do not overlap.
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occurs over a large part of the Eastern and
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, from the Mbhashe River valley west to St Helena Bay, whereas
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<emphasis id="B942EAA16767FFBC4E5CFEEAFE0DFEB0" box="[293,431,303,329]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Selatodryas</emphasis>
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occurs as an almost parapatric isolate to the north-east of
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</emphasis>
, suggesting that
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<emphasis id="B942EAA16767FFBC4E0CFE97FDA2FE95" box="[373,512,338,364]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Selatodryas</emphasis>
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diverged from the ancestral
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<emphasis id="B942EAA16767FFBC4CB9FE97FB97FE95" box="[960,1077,338,364]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Sheldonia</emphasis>
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stock before
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<emphasis id="B942EAA16767FFBC4BADFE97FAEBFE95" box="[1236,1353,338,364]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Sheldonia</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B942EAA16767FFBC4A28FE96FACDFE95" box="[1361,1391,339,364]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">s.s</emphasis>
.
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radiated into the drier regions of the southern
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and Karoo.
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The two species of
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<emphasis id="B942EAA16767FFBC4EDDFE72FD8DFE28" box="[420,559,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Selatodryas</emphasis>
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described below differ conspicuously in body coloration and this is reflected in their respective species names. However, the taxonomic value of body colour as a diagnostic character in southern African urocyclid snails must be viewed with caution. A number of species show considerable intra-specific variation in this regard, including
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<emphasis id="B942EAA16767FFBC4B11FDE4FAD4FDC2" box="[1128,1398,545,571]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Kerkophorus terrestris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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described above (
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), as well as
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<emphasis id="B942EAA16767FFBC4D91FD81FC51FDA7" box="[744,1011,580,606]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Sheldonia monsmaripi</emphasis>
Herbert, 2016
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B942EAA16767FFBC4B99FD81FAD4FDA7" box="[1248,1398,580,606]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">S. natalensis</emphasis>
(Pfeiffer, 1846)
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. Such colour differences may relate to ecological rather than genetic factors. The above notwithstanding, in the two species of
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<emphasis id="B942EAA16767FFBC4DA9FD4EFCF9FD5C" box="[720,859,651,677]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Selatodryas</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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the colour difference is pronounced and geographically consistent, and there are further correlated differences in genital anatomy and spermatophore morphology, providing confirmatory evidence that the two are distinct species.
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