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<figureCitation id="C7E482DEAF7E1AADC310213458FB71E3" captionStart="Figures 514" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figures 5 - 14. Shell variability in Monacha pantanellii from Monte Fionchi, summit [Fio 1] (FGC 8140) (5, 6), Monte Fionchi, Torrecola [Fio 2] (FGC 38944) (7), road to Montenero Sabino [Sab] (FGC 41552) (8 - 10) and Turania [Tur 1] (FGC 42971) (11 - 14)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.988.56397.figures5-14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/472719" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Figures 5-14</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="E2B8EC302CEB8D1A085FC9F548DC3D97" captionStart="Figures 4548" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figures 45 - 48. Genitalia (proximal parts excluded) (45), internal structure of distal genitalia (46), transverse sections of medial epiphallus (47) and apical penial papilla (48) of Monacha pantanellii from Vallonina [Val] (FGC 25345)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.988.56397.figures45-48" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/472727" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">, 45-48</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="5162EBD5B0D3C942041BBA78AD617966" captionStart="Figures 4952" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figures 49 - 52. Genitalia (proximal parts excluded) (49), internal structure of distal genitalia (50), transverse sections of medial epiphallus (51) and apical penial papilla (52) of Monacha pantanellii from Valle dell'Aniene, Roccagiovine [Ani] (FGC 42974)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.988.56397.figures49-52" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/472728" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">, 49-52</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="471AACDC7D3D0196EC6B689301D03B0A" captionStart="Figures 5356" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figures 53 - 56. Genitalia (proximal parts excluded) (53), internal structure of distal genitalia (54), transverse sections of medial epiphallus (55) and apical penial papilla (56) of Monacha pantanellii from Carsoli [Car] (FGC 41651)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.988.56397.figures53-56" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/472729" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">, 53-56</figureCitation>
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De Stefani, 1879: 40-41.
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Giusti, 1973: 533-537, pl. 6.
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<paragraph id="86698057CD62B8F5C9CABB3021E325A2" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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A species of
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(s. str.) (according to the subgeneric division proposed by
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) with vaginal appendix usually short and slender (having shape and size of a digitiform gland) inserted at mid vagina; proximal vaginal sac absent; penial flagellum long to very long; penial papilla with narrow space between external walls and central duct; central duct circular in transverse section, usually rather small in diameter, not joined by strips to external walls and with its lumen almost totally filled by large pleats.
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<paragraph id="88EFB794CAF1C1B84039D56197510485" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Redescription.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="71F5E663F27C89B7788331E63D566502" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Shell</emphasis>
(Figs
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) dextral, sub-globose to globose, small to medium in size, variable in colour, sometimes (when colour is brownish yellow) with paler subsutural and peripheral bands, with
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-6 slightly convex whorls separated by superficial sutures; aperture slightly prosocline, round to oval; peristome not reflected, thickened, with variably evident whitish callous rim lining the outer margin; umbilicus open, very small to small; protoconch and teleoconch smooth, with very faint scattered collabral growth lines. Shell dimensions: H: 10.3
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1.5 mm; D: 16.2
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2.3 mm (n = 45).
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not examined.
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<emphasis id="006D0C593F907D4A6AAA5CFF5945E43F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Female distal genitalia</emphasis>
(Figs
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,
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,
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; Table
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) include free oviduct, bursa copulatrix and its duct, digitiform glands, vagina and vaginal appendix. Free oviduct short and variably wide. Bursa copulatrix bean-like or pyriform with long wide duct. Vagina short to long and wide. Digitiform glands disposed on opposite sides of vagina in two groups of 1-3 tufts, each with 1-3 units. Vaginal appendix usually short (having shape and size of a digitiform gland) and inserted approximately half-way along the vagina.
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<paragraph id="CF353ED9CD13CC6DDC39FE4D565169FC" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">
<emphasis id="7DB528E8F9377B730879E54B9F9645D5" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Male distal genitalia</emphasis>
(Figs
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, Table
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) include vas deferens, flagellum, epiphallus and penis. Vas deferens very long and very slender. Flagellum long to very long and slender. Epiphallus long to very long and wide. Penis short and wide, enveloped by thin sheath, consisting of proximal portion (from start of penial sheath to base of penial papilla) and distal portion (from base of penial papilla to genital atrium). Penial papilla variable in shape (perhaps due to pre-mortem stress or spirit fixation), with apical opening, thick external walls and narrow space between external walls and central duct; central duct circular in section, usually rather small in diameter, not joined by strips to external walls of penial papilla and with its lumen almost totally filled with large pleats.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C02FAB840820A4C353A6FB900AB8A2CD" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Genital atrium large, receiving vagina and penis, internally smooth or with variably developed longitudinal pleats.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="7B434B18B5F76762CE0C1F17652CA3C8" pageId="0" pageNumber="17" type="type locality">
<paragraph id="1ECFE6858EF58D7BA7510579C10A84A2" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Type locality.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="DA3F2B43DD85A96B05C703E88C039EFD" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">
&quot;Sulla cima del Monte Fionghi al sud di Spoleto a circa mille metri sul livello del mare &quot;, i.e., on the summit of Monte Fionchi, south of Spoleto, at an altitude of ca. 1000 m (municipality of Spoleto, province of Perugia), UTM references 32T UH 1726, Lat and Long:
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,
<geoCoordinate id="A7C40AB131BD07E0B5767AB1E8913F5C" degrees="12" direction="east" minutes="46.340" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="12.772333">12°46.340'E</geoCoordinate>
.
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<subSubSection id="37B7FAFEAC52B2CAB99657AFD8007003" pageId="0" pageNumber="17" type="type material">
<paragraph id="20B8EC22B7AB28D05CFBB3624E8DDF35" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Type material.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="16EDD19E40E53F5121C00403B93854CF" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Probably lost.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="7770ACB23D8575E5428819DA218F4C78" pageId="0" pageNumber="17" type="topotype sequences">
<paragraph id="B1E30BF9B151A8E592CD44AAB1C8B0BD" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Topotype sequences.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0D904D20494AE08CCDECAE1113587945" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">
Sequences obtained from individuals from the type locality of
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<emphasis id="5CB18A62191831B14F593ECF97072927" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">M. pantanellii</emphasis>
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are designated as typical for this species: COI - MT380011-MT380018, 16S rDNA - MT376031-MT376039, ITS2 - MT376088-MT376094, H3 - MT385776-MT385785.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="9D6E7CE3AB27548BDC298317728EE666" pageId="0" pageNumber="17" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="33BC483A3E252CF2617B32C4A7FA78A5" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B98E5AAC783FA4BC5775C4A2AF1B1D3B" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">
Named after Dante Pantanelli (1844-1913), Italian palaeontologist and geologist at the University of Modena. He published many papers on Miocene and Pliocene molluscs, some of which were co-authored by his friend Carlo De Stefani (1851-1924). He was also the secretary of the Italian Malacological Society and the editor of the Bullettino della
<normalizedToken id="969FA4A9D01FF3A5F6EEC195D7DCDBF8" originalValue="Società">Societa</normalizedToken>
Malacologica Italiana for many years (
<bibRefCitation id="F4878BFFB4158B1DA241827E3AA36550" DOI="https://doi.org/10.3366/anh.2017.0451" author="Manganelli, G" journalOrPublisher="Archives of Natural History" pageId="0" pageNumber="17" pagination="303 - 320" refId="B43" refString="Manganelli, G, Lori, E, Benocci, A, Cianfanelli, S, 2017. Societa Malacologica Italiana 1874-1906. Archives of Natural History 44: 303 - 320, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3366/anh.2017.0451" title="Societa Malacologica Italiana 1874 - 1906." url="https://doi.org/10.3366/anh.2017.0451" volume="44" year="2017">Manganelli et al. 2017</bibRefCitation>
, with references).
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<normalizedToken id="59A53B8B9AD037D7760D23D9EE9747FF" originalValue="Giustis">Giusti's</normalizedToken>
species was named after Sandro Ruffo (1915-2010), a major Italian twentieth-century zoologist and director of the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona for many years (
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).
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="875840E5EFA6A1957C48A70B837E4A12" pageId="0" pageNumber="17" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="DB74C2C8EBF8917EDFA15098E1F071DF" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="326CE90A8974F0716B6AC5084B75BDEE" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Endemic to Umbria-Marche Apennines and Latium Sub-Apennines. It occurs from the Apennines of Gualdo Tadino in the north to the Aniene and Turano valleys in the south.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="9B0C824EA729E5C7579A63E1595BD301" pageId="0" pageNumber="17" type="ecology">
<paragraph id="4222F3D790758CA367827D937995D313" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Ecology.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D82151E4A085151E3CB1AD9031B0C519" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Mesophile species living among grass in open habitats such as grasslands, pastures, forest edges and clearings in hill and mountain areas.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="908FF6EAACF1CF30D89EA46479E11718" pageId="0" pageNumber="17" type="conservation">
<paragraph id="108CCD06BD475FFD5E1B383FEABDA348" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Conservation.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="331CD534A8BB146988C22EB07F5A373D" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Apparently common and widespread species within its range, but in some sites (e.g., Vallonina) it was no longer found during a field survey in the summer of 2019. Like other mesophilic species it could be sensitive to global warming.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="02FB98206E61FE101DDD16705CF0BA69" pageId="0" pageNumber="17" type="remarks">
<paragraph id="AB24149F7FA04A0CCF81B4836835B76D" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Remarks.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="685D702CBFC20B21A7D2FC0E700C3A00" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">
This species was distinguished from
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<emphasis id="B76625F0AECF834017AF44A55C46A966" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Monacha cantiana</emphasis>
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on the basis of a few shell characters (&quot;more depressed, more fragile and paler shell, with fine growth lines, less rounded opening and deeper umbilicus&quot;) and was disregarded by its author as an &quot;extreme variety&quot; of the former. Subsequently it was only reported in two catalogues by
<bibRefCitation id="30EF6F0F8EB9F174F874D1752B550283" author="Westerlund, CA" journalOrPublisher="Friedlaender, Berlin" pageId="0" pageNumber="17" publicationUrl="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10893365" refId="B69" refString="Westerlund, CA, 1889. Fauna der in der palaearktischen Region (Europa, Kaukasien, Sibirien, Turan, Persien, Kurdistan, Armenien, Mesopotamien, Kleinasien, Syrien, Arabien, Egypten, Tripolis, Tunesien, Algerien und Marocco) lebenden Binnenconchylien. Vol. 2. Genus Helix. Friedlaender, Berlin, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10893365" title="Fauna der in der palaearktischen Region (Europa, Kaukasien, Sibirien, Turan, Persien, Kurdistan, Armenien, Mesopotamien, Kleinasien, Syrien, Arabien, Egypten, Tripolis, Tunesien, Algerien und Marocco) lebenden Binnenconchylien. Vol. 2. Genus Helix." url="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10893365" year="1889">Westerlund (1889</bibRefCitation>
: 95) and
<bibRefCitation id="D7F5668F33D54AB3A85ED9B4AA5F6C5B" author="Pilsbry, HA" journalOrPublisher="Second series" pageId="0" pageNumber="17" pagination="161 - 366" publicationUrl="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23737354" refId="B56" refString="Pilsbry, HA, 1895. Helicidae. Guide to the study of helices. In: Tryon GW and Pilsbry HA, Manual of conchology, structural and systematical, with the illustrations of the species. Pulmonata. Second series 9 (36): 161 - 366, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23737354" title="Helicidae. Guide to the study of helices. In: Tryon GW and Pilsbry HA, Manual of conchology, structural and systematical, with the illustrations of the species. Pulmonata." url="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23737354" volume="9" year="1895">Pilsbry (1895</bibRefCitation>
: 266) so that when Alzona prepared the catalogue of Italian non-marine malacofauna, they included it as a doubtful species (
<bibRefCitation id="7B2F99ADA09E627BAB1A27796AA9D86A" author="Alzona, C" journalOrPublisher="Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano" pageId="0" pageNumber="17" pagination="1 - 433" refId="B1" refString="Alzona, C, 1971. Malacofauna italica. Catalogo e bibliografia dei Molluschi viventi, terrestri e d'acqua dolce. Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 111: 1 - 433" title="Malacofauna italica. Catalogo e bibliografia dei Molluschi viventi, terrestri e d'acqua dolce." volume="111" year="1971">Alzona 1971</bibRefCitation>
: 183).
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<paragraph id="6EEE1A594E63A2E2A82741B78E9F8F18" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">
On the contrary, our analysis showed that it matches a valid species, currently known as
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<emphasis id="6C4ABB7DF4993066653533D4A21BFCE2" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Monacha ruffoi</emphasis>
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, described from the Reatini mountains by
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as a
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<emphasis id="BA75F00A02AAEE28B6381311708AA69C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Monacha</emphasis>
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species with a shell resembling that of
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<emphasis id="062925556CC69550D50A3831A7258803" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">cantiana</emphasis>
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, but with a much smaller vaginal appendix.
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<paragraph id="D122982C4322CC3D193C7E1220B368C6" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">
This is an unexpected result: indeed, De
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species is one of thousands of mollusc species established since the second half of the nineteenth century on the basis of very few shell features of no diagnostic value due to dramatic intra- and inter-population variability. In describing thousands of species and varieties, past authors hit on some that remained valid.
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