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Giusti
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of: 1) a long finger-like penile complex; 2) a distinctive terminal portion of the main pilaster; and 3) the absence of a horn-like chitinous structure within the atrial-vaginal stimulator papilla. However,
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Giusti
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recognised that some of their analyses indicated that
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&amp; L.
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; coll. JMB (locality no. 04 on
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Among the 41 sampling sites, live individuals of
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were found at four, three of which are located within the boundaries of the FM-NNR (
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). The locality of
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(locality no. 06 on
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) did not yield any live specimens nor empty shells of
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despite an intensive search for several hours. Also, we did not find
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<emphasis id="76C5FD34FF9AFFCC0FB9288ADF08FA29" box="[642,774,1427,1453]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="413">S. semilimax</emphasis>
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at the locality indicated by
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(locality no. 05 on
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), although we did collect all other species listed by this author.
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. 2. — Sampling sites and specimens of
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(
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from the High Vosges:
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, locality no. 01: small stream in a mixed forest dominated by fir, Hirschsteinried, altitude 1050 m;
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, locality no. 02: scree slope, Schluchtmatt, elevation 880 m;
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, locality no. 03: Rothried, foot of avalanche slope,elevation 895 m;
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, locality no. 04:Pourri-Faing,scree slope covered by beech, elevation 1145 m;
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, live specimen of
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sampled at locality no. 01 (extended body length: 8.1 mm);
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, live specimen of
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sampled at locality no. 02 (extended body length: 14.7 mm);
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, shell of the specimen of
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illustrated in F (shell length: 4.7 mm, shell width: 3.3 mm);
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, live specimen of
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sampled at locality no. 03 (extended body length: 15.9 mm);
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, live specimen of
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sampled at locality no. 04 (extended body length: 12.1 mm).
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<emphasis id="76C5FD34FF9AFFCC0DA02B0BDD8FF9A8" box="[155,385,1554,1580]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="413">Hessemilimax kotulae</emphasis>
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was first collected (
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and
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, black mantle) in a small swampy area from a small stream in a mixed forest dominated by fir (locality no. 01 on
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;
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). The species was also collected (
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, variegated mantle) at the foot of a scree slope colonized by maple, in particular between moss-covered boulders with underflow (locality no. 02 on
<figureCitation id="DC8A3DA3FF9AFFCC0F352BCBDE6DF968" box="[526,611,1746,1772]" captionStart="FIG" captionStartId="4.[132,143,1229,1247]" captionTargetBox="[132,1455,216,1187]" captionTargetId="figure-413@4.[699,1268,214,746]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIG. 1. — Geographical location of the sampling area: A, global view; B, location of the sampling sites in the high Vosges. Symbols:⎕, cities; △, main peaks with elevation indicated;○, sampling sites; ●, new records of Hessemilimax kotulae (Westerlund, 1883) (localities no. 01 to no.04);●, past records of Semilimax semilimax (locality no. 05, Geissert 1996a) and H. kotulae (locality no. 06, Brugel 2014). The dotted line on A indicates the boundary between the sandstone Vosges (north Vosges) and the crystalline Vosges (High Vosges). This line passes approximately between Saint-Dié-des-Vosges and Schirmeck on B." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8110257" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8110257/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="413">Figs 1B</figureCitation>
;
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) and at the foot of an avalanche slope (
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, variegated mantle) among boulders covered by dense vegetation of nettles and
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sp.
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(locality no. 03 on
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;
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). Finally, the species was observed (
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, black mantle) in a beech forest, with firs and maples on northeast-facing scree slopes (locality no. 04 on
<figureCitation id="DC8A3DA3FF9AFFCC0C712A88DD94F82F" box="[330,410,1937,1963]" captionStart="FIG" captionStartId="4.[132,143,1229,1247]" captionTargetBox="[132,1455,216,1187]" captionTargetId="figure-413@4.[699,1268,214,746]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIG. 1. — Geographical location of the sampling area: A, global view; B, location of the sampling sites in the high Vosges. Symbols:⎕, cities; △, main peaks with elevation indicated;○, sampling sites; ●, new records of Hessemilimax kotulae (Westerlund, 1883) (localities no. 01 to no.04);●, past records of Semilimax semilimax (locality no. 05, Geissert 1996a) and H. kotulae (locality no. 06, Brugel 2014). The dotted line on A indicates the boundary between the sandstone Vosges (north Vosges) and the crystalline Vosges (High Vosges). This line passes approximately between Saint-Dié-des-Vosges and Schirmeck on B." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8110257" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8110257/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="413">Figs 1B</figureCitation>
;
<figureCitation id="DC8A3DA3FF9AFFCC0C9F2A88DDD1F82F" box="[420,479,1937,1963]" captionStart="FIG" captionStartId="6.[132,143,1181,1199]" captionTargetBox="[132,1455,216,1136]" captionTargetId="figure-429@6.[699,1268,214,769]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIG. 2. — Sampling sites and specimens of Hessemilimax kotulae (Westerlund, 1883) from the High Vosges: A, locality no. 01: small stream in a mixed forest dominated by fir, Hirschsteinried, altitude 1050 m; B, locality no. 02: scree slope, Schluchtmatt, elevation 880 m; C, locality no. 03: Rothried, foot of avalanche slope,elevation 895 m; D, locality no. 04:Pourri-Faing,scree slope covered by beech, elevation 1145 m; E, live specimen of H. kotulae sampled at locality no. 01 (extended body length: 8.1 mm); F, live specimen of H. kotulae sampled at locality no. 02 (extended body length: 14.7 mm); G, shell of the specimen of H. kotulae illustrated in F (shell length: 4.7 mm, shell width: 3.3 mm); H, live specimen of H. kotulae sampled at locality no. 03 (extended body length: 15.9 mm); I, live specimen of H. kotulae sampled at locality no. 04 (extended body length: 12.1 mm)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8110259" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8110259/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="413">2D, I</figureCitation>
). This last habitat appears to be rather dry, without perennial surface water runoff. However, this scree slope has many small but deep interstitial spaces that may provide cool and wet refuges for the species. In this habitat, we also found a live specimen of
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<emphasis id="76C5FD34FF9AFFCC09EB286AD9A0FA09" box="[1232,1454,1395,1421]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="413">Mediterranea depressa</emphasis>
(Sterki, 1880)
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, a central European species that is also at the westernmost limit of its distribution in the Vosges (
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). All these localities at which
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<emphasis id="76C5FD34FF9AFFCC083128CDD976FA69" box="[1290,1400,1491,1517]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="413">H. kotulae</emphasis>
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were found are at an elevation between
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and
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and are no more than
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apart from each other.
</paragraph>
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The 41 sampling sites yielded 47 gastropod species, including 27 species from the four sites where
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<emphasis id="76C5FD34FF9AFFCC09942B4AD913F9E8" box="[1199,1309,1618,1644]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="413">H. kotulae</emphasis>
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occurs, with:
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<emphasis id="76C5FD34FF9AFFCC0E162B6BD806F908" box="[813,1032,1650,1676]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="413">Acanthinula aculeata</emphasis>
(O. F. Müller, 1774)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="83B15AA5FF9AFFCC09CD2B6BDFE8F928" authority="(Michaud, 1831)" baseAuthorityName="Michaud" baseAuthorityYear="1831" class="Gastropoda" family="Gastrodontidae" genus="Aegopinella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Stylommatophora" pageId="6" pageNumber="413" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="nitens">
<emphasis id="76C5FD34FF9AFFCC09CD2B6BD9A1F908" box="[1270,1455,1650,1676]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="413">Aegopinella nitens</emphasis>
(Michaud, 1831)
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="76C5FD34FF9AFFCC0ECB2B8BD894F928" box="[1008,1178,1682,1708]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="413">Aegopinella pura</emphasis>
(Alder, 1830)
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="76C5FD34FF9AFFCC08002B8BDF82F948" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="413">Arianta arbustorum</emphasis>
(Linnaeus, 1758)
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="76C5FD34FF9AFFCC09742BABD901F948" box="[1103,1295,1714,1740]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="413">Clausilia bidentata</emphasis>
(StrØm, 1765)
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="76C5FD34FF9AFFCC0E102BCBDFE4F968" box="[811,1002,1746,1772]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="413">Cochlicopa lubrica</emphasis>
(O. F. Müller, 1774)
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="76C5FD34FF9AFFCC09E82BCBD9A3F968" box="[1235,1453,1746,1772]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="413">Cochlodina laminata</emphasis>
(Montagu, 1803)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="83B15AA5FF9AFFCC0EC62BEAD9A4F888" authority="(O. F. Muller, 1774)" baseAuthorityName="O. F. Muller" baseAuthorityYear="1774" box="[1021,1450,1778,1804]" class="Gastropoda" family="Discidae" genus="Discus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Stylommatophora" pageId="6" pageNumber="413" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="rotundatus">
<emphasis id="76C5FD34FF9AFFCC0EC62BEAD8B4F888" box="[1021,1210,1778,1804]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="413">Discus rotundatus</emphasis>
(O. F. Müller, 1774)
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="76C5FD34FF9AFFCC0E152A0BDFFAF8A8" box="[814,1012,1810,1836]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="413">Edentiella edentula</emphasis>
(Draparnaud, 1805)
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="76C5FD34FF9AFFCC09E62A0BD9BFF8A8" box="[1245,1457,1810,1836]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="413">Eucobresia diaphana</emphasis>
(Draparnaud, 1805)
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="76C5FD34FF9AFFCC092D2A28D8CAF8CF" box="[1046,1220,1841,1867]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="413">Euconulus fulvus</emphasis>
(O. F. Müller, 1774)
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="76C5FD34FF9AFFCC0E162A48D81FF8EF" box="[813,1041,1873,1899]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="413">Helicodonta obvoluta</emphasis>
(O. F. Müller, 1774)
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="76C5FD34FF9AFFCC082A2A4BDFC5F80F" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="413">Isognomostoma isognomostomos</emphasis>
(Schröter, 1784)
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,
<taxonomicName id="83B15AA5FF9AFFCC09B32A68DFB1F82F" authority="(O. F. Muller, 1774)" baseAuthorityName="O. F. Muller" baseAuthorityYear="1774" class="Gastropoda" family="Limacidae" genus="Lehmannia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Stylommatophora" pageId="6" pageNumber="413" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="marginata">
<emphasis id="76C5FD34FF9AFFCC09B32A68D963F80F" box="[1160,1389,1905,1931]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="413">Lehmannia marginata</emphasis>
(O. F. Müller, 1774)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="83B15AA5FF9AFFCC0EF32A8BD908F82F" authority="Wolf, 1803" authorityName="Wolf" authorityYear="1803" box="[968,1286,1937,1963]" class="Gastropoda" family="Limacidae" genus="Limax" kingdom="Animalia" order="Stylommatophora" pageId="6" pageNumber="413" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="cinereoniger">
<emphasis id="76C5FD34FF9AFFCC0EF32A8BD889F82F" box="[968,1159,1938,1963]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="413">Limax cinereoniger</emphasis>
Wolf, 1803
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="83B15AA5FF9AFFCC082A2A8BD848F848" authority="(Rossmassler, 1835)" baseAuthorityName="Rossmassler" baseAuthorityYear="1835" class="Gastropoda" family="Clausiliidae" genus="Macrogastra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Stylommatophora" pageId="6" pageNumber="413" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="attenuata">
<emphasis id="76C5FD34FF9AFFCC082A2A8BDF79F84F" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="413">Macrogastra attenuata</emphasis>
(Rossmässler, 1835)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="83B15AA5FF9AFFCC09752AABDF63F86F" authority="(Draparnaud, 1801)" baseAuthorityName="Draparnaud" baseAuthorityYear="1801" class="Gastropoda" family="Clausiliidae" genus="Macrogastra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Stylommatophora" pageId="6" pageNumber="413" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="plicatula">
<emphasis id="76C5FD34FF9AFFCC09752AABD911F84F" box="[1102,1311,1969,1995]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="413">Macrogastra plicatula</emphasis>
(Draparnaud, 1801)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="83B15AA5FF9AFFCC0E462AC8D949F86F" authority="(O. F. Muller, 1774)" baseAuthorityName="O. F. Muller" baseAuthorityYear="1774" box="[893,1351,2001,2028]" class="Gastropoda" family="Limacidae" genus="Malacolimax" kingdom="Animalia" order="Stylommatophora" pageId="6" pageNumber="413" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="tenellus">
<emphasis id="76C5FD34FF9AFFCC0E462AC8D854F86F" box="[893,1114,2001,2027]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="413">Malacolimax tenellus</emphasis>
(O. F. Müller, 1774)
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="76C5FD34FF9AFFCD086F2AC8DD18FF75" italics="true" lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="414" pageId="6" pageNumber="413">Mediterranea depressa</emphasis>
(Sterki, 1880)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="83B15AA5FF9BFFCD0CFF2DCEDD14FE95" authority="(O. F. Muller, 1774)" baseAuthorityName="O. F. Muller" baseAuthorityYear="1774" class="Gastropoda" family="Hygromiidae" genus="Monachoides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Stylommatophora" pageId="7" pageNumber="414" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="incarnatus">
<emphasis id="76C5FD34FF9BFFCD0CFF2DCEDEB1FF75" box="[452,703,215,241]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="414">Monachoides incarnatus</emphasis>
(O. F. Müller, 1774)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="83B15AA5FF9BFFCD0C1F2DE1DE94FE96" authority="(StrOm, 1765)" baseAuthorityName="StrOm" baseAuthorityYear="1765" box="[292,666,246,274]" class="Gastropoda" family="Gastrodontidae" genus="Nesovitrea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Stylommatophora" pageId="7" pageNumber="414" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="hammonis">
<emphasis id="76C5FD34FF9BFFCD0C1F2DE1DDF2FE95" box="[292,508,247,273]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="414">Nesovitrea hammonis</emphasis>
(StrØm, 1765)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="83B15AA5FF9BFFCD0F982DEEDDA7FEB5" authority="(J. S. Miller, 1822)" baseAuthorityName="J. S. Miller" baseAuthorityYear="1822" class="Gastropoda" family="Oxychilidae" genus="Oxychilus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Stylommatophora" pageId="7" pageNumber="414" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="alliarius">
<emphasis id="76C5FD34FF9BFFCD0F982DEEDCD7FEB5" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="414">Oxychilus alliarius</emphasis>
(J. S. Miller, 1822)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="83B15AA5FF9BFFCD0C892C0EDCC8FED5" authority="(O. F. Muller, 1774)" baseAuthorityName="O. F. Muller" baseAuthorityYear="1774" class="Gastropoda" family="Oxychilidae" genus="Oxychilus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Stylommatophora" pageId="7" pageNumber="414" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="cellarius">
<emphasis id="76C5FD34FF9BFFCD0C892C0EDE7FFEB5" box="[434,625,279,305]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="414">Oxychilus cellarius</emphasis>
(O. F. Müller, 1774)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="83B15AA5FF9BFFCD0DEA2C2EDE74FED5" authority="(A. Ferussac, 1807)" baseAuthorityName="A. Ferussac" baseAuthorityYear="1807" box="[209,634,311,337]" class="Gastropoda" family="Vitrinidae" genus="Phenacolimax" kingdom="Animalia" order="Stylommatophora" pageId="7" pageNumber="414" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="major">
<emphasis id="76C5FD34FF9BFFCD0DEA2C2EDDABFED5" box="[209,421,311,337]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="414">Phenacolimax major</emphasis>
(A. Férussac, 1807)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="83B15AA5FF9BFFCD0FB82C2EDDBCFEF5" authority="(Draparnaud, 1801)" baseAuthorityName="Draparnaud" baseAuthorityYear="1801" class="Gastropoda" family="Hygromiidae" genus="Trochulus" isUncertain="true" kingdom="Animalia" order="Stylommatophora" pageId="7" pageNumber="414" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="sericeus">
<emphasis id="76C5FD34FF9BFFCD0FB82C2EDEE9FED5" box="[643,743,311,337]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="414">Trochulus</emphasis>
cf.
<emphasis id="76C5FD34FF9BFFCD0DBF2C41DCC1FEF5" box="[132,207,344,369]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="414">sericeus</emphasis>
(Draparnaud, 1801)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="83B15AA5FF9BFFCD0C862C41DCC6FE15" authority="(O. F. Muller, 1774)" baseAuthorityName="O. F. Muller" baseAuthorityYear="1774" class="Gastropoda" family="Pristilomatidae" genus="Vitrea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Stylommatophora" pageId="7" pageNumber="414" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="crystallina">
<emphasis id="76C5FD34FF9BFFCD0C862C41DE60FEF5" box="[445,622,343,369]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="414">Vitrea crystallina</emphasis>
(O. F. Müller, 1774)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="83B15AA5FF9BFFCD0DEF2C6EDE60FE15" authority="(O. F. Muller, 1774)" baseAuthorityName="O. F. Muller" baseAuthorityYear="1774" box="[212,622,375,401]" class="Gastropoda" family="Vitrinidae" genus="Vitrina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Stylommatophora" pageId="7" pageNumber="414" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="pellucida">
<emphasis id="76C5FD34FF9BFFCD0DEF2C6EDD8BFE15" box="[212,389,375,401]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="414">Vitrina pellucida</emphasis>
(O. F. Müller, 1774)
</taxonomicName>
. If we include the localities of
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and
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, with the hypothesis that this authors
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corresponds in fact to
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, a total of 41 species could potentially occur in syntopy with
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</taxonomicName>
.
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Finally, the regional database (
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Bichain
<emphasis id="76C5FD34FF9BFFCD0F022F0EDE62FDB4" box="[569,620,534,560]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="414">et al.</emphasis>
2021
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) records 79 species in the High Vosges above
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elevation (178 sampling sites with 1215 species occurrences, maximum elevation
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(62 spp.) and all taxa known above
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(49 spp.) except for
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<emphasis id="76C5FD34FF9BFFCD0D902E2CDD3BFCCB" box="[171,309,821,847]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="414">Platyla polita</emphasis>
(W. Hartmann, 1840)
</taxonomicName>
and
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(Charpentier, 1837)
</taxonomicName>
.
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Across the sampled sites, only nine live individuals of
<taxonomicName id="83B15AA5FF9BFFCD0F8F2EACDD1CFC6A" baseAuthorityName="Westerlund" baseAuthorityYear="1883" class="Gastropoda" family="Vitrinidae" genus="Hessemilimax" kingdom="Animalia" order="Stylommatophora" pageId="7" pageNumber="414" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="kotulae">
<emphasis id="76C5FD34FF9BFFCD0F8F2EACDD1CFC6A" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="414">Hessemilimax kotulae</emphasis>
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were observed.According to the criteria given by
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,
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were identified as breeding individuals in mature stage II (
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: fig. 14,
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;
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) and one as a non-breeding individual in juvenile stage III (
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: fig. 12,
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;
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). The description of the reproductive system given below corresponds to the final stage of sexual maturity (mature stage II)
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and
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, figs 70-73).
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<emphasis id="76C5FD34FF9BFFCD0DBF29EADE62FA89" box="[132,620,1267,1294]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="414">Shell morphology and soft body tissue coloration</emphasis>
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Shell vitriniform, thin and fragile, transparent, yellow-green, depressed with 1.7 to two whorls; last whorl extremely extended and constituting more than 60% of the overall shell length (
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). Protoconch not prominent, smooth without spiral rows of small pits. Very wide aperture with columellar and basal margins bordered by a broad periostracal fringe; umbilicus widely open showing all whorl coils. Shell length of adults:
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, shell width of adults:
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Body unable to withdrawn completely into the shell; right mantle lobe long and rather narrow reaching the apex of the shell and covers, especially in juvenile specimens, a large part of the shell when the animal is undisturbed. Body color from black (
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) to light gray, most often with dark spots giving a variegated pattern (
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); live adult when extended reaches
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).
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Reproductive system (
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)
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Female distal part characterized by short, wide free oviduct; bursa copulatrix with short duct initially slightly flared. Male distal part with large, finger-shaped penial complex; penial gland covering most of the proximal penial complex; penial sheath enveloping almost the entire distal part of the penial complex. Penial retractor long, inserted apically near the emergence of the vas deferens. Vas deferens long, crossing penial sheath, running along the surface of the free oviduct and entering its distal part before ovispermiduct. Internal structure of the penial complex consisting in two distinct pilasters (see
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Giusti
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: fig. 72). Main pilaster ending in a π-shaped papilla; smaller pilaster appearing next to the main pilaster and ending about halfway along its length.
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Wide and long atrial-vaginal stimulator inserted on the opposite side of the penial complex. Basal part of the atrial-vaginal stimulator sac-shaped without external glandular coating. Apical part with a slender portion more or less invaginated into the basal part of the atrial-vaginal stimulator while the free sac-like part is covered with a spongy external glandular coating. Internal papilla of stimulator short to long, conical, pointed, open at tip, protruding into basal part of the atrial-vaginal stimulator (see
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Giusti
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: fig. 73).
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According to
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, the juvenile stage III is achieved when individuals reach a shell diameter of
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and genitalia length of
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. Changes between the juvenile stage III and the mature stage I are mainly quantitative, with the increase in size of the different parts of the reproductive system. However, the emergence of glandular tissue covering the proximal part of the penial complex seems to determine the onset of the mature stage I. Based on these criteria, we assume that the specimen presented in
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and
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is probably a juvenile stage III.
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FROM OTHER SYMPATRIC VITRINID SPECIES
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Three other vitrinid species were sampled in sympatry or in syntopy with
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),
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(
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) and
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<emphasis id="76C5FD34FF9BFFCD09AE29EDD94CFA89" box="[1173,1346,1267,1293]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="414">Vitrina pellucida</emphasis>
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(
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). Anatomically,
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<emphasis id="76C5FD34FF9BFFCD0EFD280DD83DFAA9" box="[966,1075,1299,1325]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="414">H. kotulae</emphasis>
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is easily distinguishable by the presence of an atrial-vaginal stimulator, by its flat and enlarged shell with only two whorls and an umbilicus widely open. In addition, the live animal often has a variegated mantle, an appearance absent in the other species.
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<emphasis id="76C5FD34FF9BFFCD09C0288DD9A1FA29" box="[1275,1455,1427,1453]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="414">Vitrina pellucida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has a much more globular shell with three whorls and a pale body.
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<emphasis id="76C5FD34FF9BFFCD0E5528CAD84AFA69" box="[878,1092,1491,1517]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="414">Phenacolimax major</emphasis>
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has a flatter shell than
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<emphasis id="76C5FD34FF9BFFCD080D28CDD9A1FA69" box="[1334,1455,1491,1517]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="414">V. pellucida</emphasis>
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also with three whorls but a darker body. In these two species, the lobe of the mantle does not reach the apex of the shell (
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) except when the animal is more or less stressed.
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has a flatted and elongated shell with 2.5 whorls but the last whorl is less developed than in
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<emphasis id="76C5FD34FF9BFFCD0EB02B8AD80EF928" box="[907,1024,1682,1708]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="414">H. kotulae</emphasis>
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and has a much less open umbilicus. The body can be light grey or entirely black but never with a variegated pattern like
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. Also, the lobe covering the apex is spatula-shaped and wider than in
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. However, some specimens in the field, particularly juveniles of
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<emphasis id="76C5FD34FF9BFFCD0E772A2BDFB1F8CF" box="[844,959,1841,1867]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="414">H. kotulae</emphasis>
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, may be more difficult to differentiate from
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<emphasis id="76C5FD34FF9BFFCD0E152A4BDFBCF8EF" box="[814,946,1873,1899]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="414">E. diaphana</emphasis>
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and require more careful observation or even examination of the genitalia.
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Finally, all these species, except
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<emphasis id="76C5FD34FF9BFFCD09BC2A8BD8FFF82F" box="[1159,1265,1937,1963]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="414">H. kotulae</emphasis>
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(
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), present spiral rows of small pits on the apex (
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), clearly visible under high magnification of about × 40-80.
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. 3. — Reproductive system of two specimens of
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<emphasis id="76C5FD34FF94FFC20F0829B8DEE8FB37" box="[563,742,1185,1203]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="415">Hessemilimax kotulae</emphasis>
(
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)
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from the High Vosges:
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, mature stage II (animal figured in Fig. 2F);
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, juvenile stage III (animal figured in Fig. 2E).
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indicate the parts cut during dissection. Abbreviations: see Material and methods. Scale bars:A, 1 mm; B, 0.5 mm.
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IUCN
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The mountain glass snail is currently listed in the French IUCN Red List (
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) as Near Threatened [NT nr B1a]. However, we argue that the putative effects of global warming on this species (
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Müller
<emphasis id="76C5FD34FF94FFC20FB4288DDECCFA29" box="[655,706,1427,1453]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="415">et al.</emphasis>
2009
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;
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Bässler
<emphasis id="76C5FD34FF94FFC20DE828ADDD0BFA49" box="[211,261,1459,1485]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="415">et al.</emphasis>
2010
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) allow application of option b (continuing decline) of criterion B (geographic range), which implies an estimated, inferred, or projected continuing decline in the: 1) extent of occurrence; 2) area of occupancy; 3) area, extent, and/or quality of habitat; 4) number of sites or subpopulations; and 5) number of mature individuals (
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). Indeed, based on two climate warming scenarios (+1.8°C vs +4.0°C), the statistical models used by
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Müller
<emphasis id="76C5FD34FF94FFC20CE12B8ADE05F928" box="[474,523,1682,1708]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="415">et al.</emphasis>
(2009)
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and
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Bässler
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predict a considerable risk of extinction for
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within the Bavarian Forest National Park, a low mountain range in southeast
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(elevations &lt;
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). Their results suggest that an increase in mean annual temperature of + 1.8°C will lead to a decrease in the probability of occurrence of
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by about 70% at elevations of
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and that the +4.0°C scenario would probably lead to regional extinction. Consequently,
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Bässler
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speculated that the mountain glass snail is a species highly vulnerable to climate change throughout its geographic range, with a high risk of global extinction.
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Currently,
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is formally documented from
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only in the Vosges Mountains; its presence in the Massif Central is speculative and based on old data (
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;
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;
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Falkner
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: note 225). Recent field surveys (Sylvain Vrignaud, personal communication), especially in historical localities, have not confirmed its occurrence in the Massif Central. Therefore, for the national and regional IUCN assessment, we rely only on recent data (
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and this work). To minimize the effects of under-sampling, the maximum area of occurrence (EOO, B1 criterion) is estimated at a maximum of
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2 (&lt;20 000 km2), i.e., the total area of the central and southern Vosges mountains (
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Heuacker
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2015
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), including the High Vosges; the maximum area of occupancy (AOO, B2 criterion) is estimated at a maximum of about
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2 (&lt;
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2), i.e., the total area above
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within the EOO. Strict application of the IUCN criteria (
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) based on the number of recently-documented localities where the species occurs (i.e., five), as well as the high degree of fragmentation of suitable habitats (i.e., option a) would lead, with application of option b (see above), to the category Vulnerable [VU B1ab(i, ii, iii, iv, v)+ 2ab(i, ii, iii, iv, v)] at the national scale.
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