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<figureCitation box="[568,671,443,468]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="52.[144,177,1505,1525]" captionTargetBox="[144,1104,455,1500]" captionTargetId="figure-97@52.[144,1104,455,1504]" captionTargetPageId="52" captionText="Fig. 35. Natalina quekettiana complex, living animals and eggs (all NMSA):(A) N. q. quekettiana, Ferncliffe, Pietermaritzburg (W6646), shell diameter 31.3 mm; (B) N. q. lucaris subsp. n., Ngome Forest (paratype, V2249/T2563), shell diameter 29.4 mm; (C) N. q. dracomontana subsp. n., Injasuthi (holotype, V7992/T2451), shell diameter 27.2 mm; (D) N. q. dracomontana subsp. n., Monks Cowl area (paratype, W4101/T2452), shell diameter 26.4 mm; (E) N. q. montistempli subsp. n., Oqalweni, Cathedral Peak (holotype, W4084/T2422), shell diameter 23.9 mm; (F) N. q. quekettiana, eggs (W6646), scale in millimetres." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7910907" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7910907/files/figure.png" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">Figs 35E</figureCitation>
,
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Etymology: From Latin
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(a mountain) and
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(a temple); with reference to Cathedral Peak.
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Identification (
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): For general description see
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q.
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above. Although limited material is available it is evident that the shell of the living animal is paler and more uniformly coloured than in any of the other subspecies discussed above. The distinctive bicoloured pattern present in fresh, live-collected shells of the other subspecies is not evident in
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N. q.
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, in which the apical and basal surfaces are more or less the same colour even in fresh, live-collected shells (
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). In terms of the pale shell colour it resembles
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N. q.
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(acknowledging that for both taxa details of radula dentition are known for very few specimens).
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Dimensions:
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(largest specimen), diameter 28.0 mm, height
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Living animal (information available for only one animal) (
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): Dorsal region of head-foot dark grey, lacking paler longitudinal stripes on neck; tentacles somewhat darker; sides of foot progressively paler toward pedal margin, the latter not distinctively coloured, whitish beneath shell; mantle edge very pale, almost white; lung wall with some rather diffuse black pigmentation, particularly associated with blood vessels, but not heavily blotched.
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Radula (
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): Formula 1+8+(1418) (N=4); length up to
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, with up to 71 broadly V-shaped rows of teeth.
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Distal genitalia: Epiphallus structure typical of
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; a bulla is not evident.
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Fig. 44.
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: (AC) holotype, diameter 28.0 mm (NMSA W4084/ T2422); (D) paratype from type locality, diameter 27.8 mm (NMSA W6653/T2428).
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Fig.45.
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, radula (holotype NMSA W4084/T2422):(A) rachidian and lateral teeth, scale bar = 0.5 mm; (B) vestigial marginal teeth, scale bar = 100 µm.
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:
<collectingCountry box="[243,408,811,831]" name="South Africa" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">SOUTH AFRICA</collectingCountry>
:
<emphasis box="[415,458,811,831]" italics="true" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">KZN</emphasis>
: same data as holotype (
<collectionCode box="[676,742,811,831]" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" name="KwaZulu-Natal Museum" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" type="Museum">NMSA</collectionCode>
<specimenCode box="[745,814,811,831]" collectionCode="NMSA" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" name="KwaZulu-Natal Museum" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" type="Museum">W6653</specimenCode>
/T2428,
<specimenCount box="[888,958,811,831]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" type="adult">4 adults</specimenCount>
and
<specimenCount box="[1000,1100,811,831]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" type="juvenile">3 juveniles</specimenCount>
; W5095/T2449,
<specimenCount box="[290,399,835,855]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" type="generic">1 specimen</specimenCount>
);
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:110B87C2FFBBFF95D7DCFE4FFD74FE6C:9C7D600FFFC4FF94D7EDFC9FFDCAFC9C" box="[416,557,835,855]" country="South Africa" latitude="-28.94265" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="29.18941" name="Cathedral Peak" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Cathedral Peak</location>
<taxonomicName authority=", Oqalweni Forest" authorityName="Oqalweni Forest" box="[565,769,835,855]" class="Insecta" family="Cicadidae" genus="Platypleura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="area">area, Oqalweni Forest</taxonomicName>
(
<geoCoordinate box="[783,890,834,855]" degrees="28.94265" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" precision="1" value="-28.94265">28.94265°S</geoCoordinate>
:
<geoCoordinate box="[893,1008,834,855]" degrees="29.18941" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" precision="1" value="29.18941">29.18941°E</geoCoordinate>
),
<quantity box="[1027,1100,835,855]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.552" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" unit="m" value="1552.0">
<elevation box="[1027,1100,835,855]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.552" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" unit="m" value="1552.0">1552 m</elevation>
</quantity>
</materialsCitation>
,
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2006-03-19" collectionCode="NMSA" collectorName="M. Hamer" country="South Africa" county="Cathedral Peak area" elevation="1600" latitude="-28.9422" location="Oqalweni Forest" longLatPrecision="6" longitude="29.1814" municipality="Oqalweni Forest" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" specimenCode="W5093" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="paratype">
indigenous forest, in leaf-litter,
<collectorName box="[437,532,859,879]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">M. Hamer</collectorName>
<emphasis box="[539,581,859,879]" italics="true" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">et al</emphasis>
.,
<date box="[600,699,859,879]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" value="2006-03-19">
<collectingDate box="[600,699,859,879]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" value="2006-03-19">19/iii/2006</collectingDate>
</date>
(
<collectionCode box="[712,778,859,879]" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" name="KwaZulu-Natal Museum" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" type="Museum">NMSA</collectionCode>
<specimenCode box="[785,854,859,879]" collectionCode="NMSA" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" name="KwaZulu-Natal Museum" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" type="Museum">W5093</specimenCode>
/T2448,
<specimenCount box="[931,1039,859,879]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" type="generic">1 specimen</specimenCount>
); ditto,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:110B87C2FFBBFF95D7DCFE4FFD74FE6C:9C7D600FFFC4FF94D6DDFCAFFEC0FC4C" box="[144,295,883,903]" country="South Africa" latitude="-28.9422" longLatPrecision="6" longitude="29.1814" name="Oqalweni Forest" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Oqalweni Forest</location>
(
<geoCoordinate box="[306,401,882,903]" degrees="28.9422" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" precision="5" value="-28.9422">28.9422°S</geoCoordinate>
:
<geoCoordinate box="[404,508,882,903]" degrees="29.1814" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" precision="5" value="29.1814">29.1814°E</geoCoordinate>
),
<quantity box="[525,596,883,903]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.6" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" unit="m" value="1600.0">
<elevation box="[525,596,883,903]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.6" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" unit="m" value="1600.0">1600 m</elevation>
</quantity>
</materialsCitation>
,
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1962-04-05" collectionCode="NMSA" collectorName="A. C. &amp; W. H. van Bruggen" country="South Africa" county="Cathedral Peak area" elevation="1550" latitude="-28.95813" location="Rainbow Gorge" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="29.2207" municipality="Oqalweni Forest" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" specimenCode="B0044" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="paratype">
montane
<taxonomicName box="[689,799,883,903]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Sapotaceae" genus="Podocarpus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[689,799,883,903]" italics="true" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Podocarpus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
forest, in leaf-litter,
<collectorName pageId="64" pageNumber="65">A.C. &amp; W.H. van Bruggen</collectorName>
,
<date box="[283,386,907,927]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" value="1962-04-05">
<collectingDate box="[283,386,907,927]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" value="1962-04-05">05/iv/1962</collectingDate>
</date>
(
<collectionCode box="[401,469,907,927]" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" name="KwaZulu-Natal Museum" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" type="Museum">NMSA</collectionCode>
<specimenCode box="[478,541,907,927]" collectionCode="NMSA" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" name="KwaZulu-Natal Museum" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" type="Museum">B0044</specimenCode>
/T2447,
<specimenCount box="[624,739,907,927]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" type="generic">1 specimen</specimenCount>
); ditto,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:110B87C2FFBBFF95D7DCFE4FFD74FE6C:9C7D600FFFC4FF94D57CFC57FC2EFC54" box="[817,969,907,927]" country="South Africa" latitude="-28.95813" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="29.2207" name="Rainbow Gorge" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Rainbow Gorge</location>
(
<geoCoordinate box="[984,1100,906,927]" degrees="28.95813" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" precision="1" value="-28.95813">28.95813°S</geoCoordinate>
:
<geoCoordinate box="[144,254,930,951]" degrees="29.22070" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" precision="1" value="29.2207">29.22070°E</geoCoordinate>
),
<quantity box="[270,340,931,951]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.55" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" unit="m" value="1550.0">
<elevation box="[270,340,931,951]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.55" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" unit="m" value="1550.0">1550 m</elevation>
</quantity>
</materialsCitation>
,
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2005-01-06" collectionCode="NMSA" collectorName="C. Uys" country="South Africa" county="Cathedral Peak area" elevation="1518" latitude="-28.96051" location="Rainbow Gorge" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="29.22455" municipality="Oqalweni Forest" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" specimenCode="W2605" specimenCount="5" typeStatus="paratype">
montane
<taxonomicName box="[431,541,931,951]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Sapotaceae" genus="Podocarpus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[431,541,931,951]" italics="true" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Podocarpus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
forest, in leaf-litter,
<collectorName box="[725,789,931,951]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">C. Uys</collectorName>
,
<date box="[797,884,931,951]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" value="2005-01-06">
<collectingDate box="[797,884,931,951]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" value="2005-01-06">06/i/2005</collectingDate>
</date>
(
<collectionCode box="[895,961,931,951]" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" name="KwaZulu-Natal Museum" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" type="Museum">NMSA</collectionCode>
<specimenCode box="[966,1033,931,951]" collectionCode="NMSA" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" name="KwaZulu-Natal Museum" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" type="Museum">W2605</specimenCode>
/T2446,
<specimenCount box="[144,254,955,975]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" type="generic">1 specimen</specimenCount>
; W4596/T2430,
<specimenCount box="[415,536,955,975]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" type="generic">4 specimens</specimenCount>
); ditto,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:110B87C2FFBBFF95D7DCFE4FFD74FE6C:9C7D600FFFC4FF94D429FC67FD1EFC04" box="[612,761,955,975]" country="South Africa" latitude="-28.96051" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="29.22455" name="Rainbow Gorge" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Rainbow Gorge</location>
(
<geoCoordinate box="[776,884,954,975]" degrees="28.96051" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" precision="1" value="-28.96051">28.96051°S</geoCoordinate>
:
<geoCoordinate box="[887,1005,954,975]" degrees="29.22455" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" precision="1" value="29.22455">29.22455°E</geoCoordinate>
),
<quantity box="[1025,1100,955,975]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.518" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" unit="m" value="1518.0">
<elevation box="[1025,1100,955,975]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.518" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" unit="m" value="1518.0">1518 m</elevation>
</quantity>
</materialsCitation>
,
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2006-03-12" collectionCode="NMSA" collectorName="M. Hamer" country="South Africa" county="Cathedral Peak area" elevation="1600" latitude="-28.96012" location="Rainbow Gorge" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="29.2252" municipality="Oqalweni Forest" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" specimenCode="W5091" specimenCount="2" typeStatus="paratype">
indigenous forest, in leaf-litter,
<collectorName box="[439,535,979,999]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">M. Hamer</collectorName>
<emphasis box="[542,584,979,999]" italics="true" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">et al</emphasis>
.,
<date box="[603,703,979,999]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" value="2006-03-12">
<collectingDate box="[603,703,979,999]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" value="2006-03-12">12/iii/2006</collectingDate>
</date>
(
<collectionCode box="[717,783,979,999]" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" name="KwaZulu-Natal Museum" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" type="Museum">NMSA</collectionCode>
<specimenCode box="[790,858,979,999]" collectionCode="NMSA" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" name="KwaZulu-Natal Museum" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" type="Museum">W5091</specimenCode>
/T2445,
<specimenCount box="[936,1052,979,999]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" type="generic">2 specimens</specimenCount>
, crop contents included partially digested earthworms,
<taxonomicName box="[606,751,1003,1023]" class="Clitellata" family="Microchaetidae" genus="Proandricus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis box="[606,719,1003,1023]" italics="true" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Proandricus</emphasis>
sp
</taxonomicName>
); ditto,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:110B87C2FFBBFF95D7DCFE4FFD74FE6C:9C7D600FFFC4FF94D576FC37FC2AFC34" box="[827,973,1003,1023]" country="South Africa" latitude="-28.96012" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="29.2252" name="Rainbow Gorge" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Rainbow Gorge</location>
(
<geoCoordinate box="[988,1100,1002,1023]" degrees="28.96012" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" precision="1" value="-28.96012">28.96012°S</geoCoordinate>
:
<geoCoordinate box="[144,254,1026,1047]" degrees="29.22520" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" precision="1" value="29.2252">29.22520°E</geoCoordinate>
),
<quantity box="[270,340,1027,1047]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.6" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" unit="m" value="1600.0">
<elevation box="[270,340,1027,1047]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.6" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" unit="m" value="1600.0">1600 m</elevation>
</quantity>
</materialsCitation>
,
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2005-01-05" collectionCode="NMSA" collectorName="C. Uys" country="South Africa" county="Cathedral Peak area" elevation="1550" latitude="-28.961" location="Ndumeni Forest" longLatPrecision="73" longitude="29.222" municipality="Oqalweni Forest" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" specimenCode="W2591" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="paratype">
montane
<taxonomicName box="[431,541,1027,1047]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Sapotaceae" genus="Podocarpus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[431,541,1027,1047]" italics="true" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Podocarpus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
forest, in leaf-litter,
<collectorName box="[725,789,1027,1047]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">C. Uys</collectorName>
,
<date box="[797,884,1027,1047]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" value="2005-01-05">
<collectingDate box="[797,884,1027,1047]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" value="2005-01-05">05/i/2005</collectingDate>
</date>
(
<collectionCode box="[895,961,1027,1047]" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" name="KwaZulu-Natal Museum" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" type="Museum">NMSA</collectionCode>
<specimenCode box="[966,1033,1027,1047]" collectionCode="NMSA" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" name="KwaZulu-Natal Museum" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" type="Museum">W2591</specimenCode>
/T2444,
<specimenCount box="[144,249,1051,1071]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" type="generic">1 specimen</specimenCount>
); ditto,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:110B87C2FFBBFF95D7DCFE4FFD74FE6C:9C7D600FFFC4FF94D776FBC7FE2BFBE4" box="[315,460,1051,1071]" country="South Africa" latitude="-28.961" longLatPrecision="73" longitude="29.222" name="Ndumeni Forest" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Ndumeni Forest</location>
(
<geoCoordinate box="[470,554,1050,1071]" degrees="28.961" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" precision="55" value="-28.961">28.961°S</geoCoordinate>
:
<geoCoordinate box="[557,649,1050,1071]" degrees="29.222" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" precision="55" value="29.222">29.222°E</geoCoordinate>
),
<quantity box="[665,734,1051,1071]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.55" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" unit="m" value="1550.0">
<elevation box="[665,734,1051,1071]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.55" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" unit="m" value="1550.0">1550 m</elevation>
</quantity>
</materialsCitation>
,
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1984-02-22" collectionCode="NMSA" collectorName="C. Griswold" country="South Africa" county="Cathedral Peak area" elevation="1550" latitude="-28.961" location="Ndumeni Forest" longLatPrecision="73" longitude="29.224" municipality="Oqalweni Forest" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" specimenCode="V7745" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="paratype">
under logs and rocks,
<collectorName box="[936,1048,1051,1071]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">C. Griswold</collectorName>
,
<date pageId="64" pageNumber="65" value="1984-02-22">
<collectingDate pageId="64" pageNumber="65" value="1984-02-22">22/ii/ 1984</collectingDate>
</date>
(
<collectionCode box="[199,265,1075,1095]" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" name="KwaZulu-Natal Museum" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" type="Museum">NMSA</collectionCode>
<specimenCode box="[268,331,1075,1095]" collectionCode="NMSA" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" name="KwaZulu-Natal Museum" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" type="Museum">V7745</specimenCode>
/T2432,
<specimenCount box="[405,510,1075,1095]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" type="generic">1 specimen</specimenCount>
); ditto,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:110B87C2FFBBFF95D7DCFE4FFD74FE6C:9C7D600FFFC4FF94D472FBEFFD28FB8C" box="[575,719,1075,1095]" country="South Africa" latitude="-28.961" longLatPrecision="73" longitude="29.224" name="Ndumeni Forest" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Ndumeni Forest</location>
(
<geoCoordinate box="[730,813,1074,1095]" degrees="28.961" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" precision="55" value="-28.961">28.961°S</geoCoordinate>
:
<geoCoordinate box="[816,908,1074,1095]" degrees="29.224" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" precision="55" value="29.224">29.224°E</geoCoordinate>
),
<quantity box="[923,993,1075,1095]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.55" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" unit="m" value="1550.0">
<elevation box="[923,993,1075,1095]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.55" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" unit="m" value="1550.0">1550 m</elevation>
</quantity>
</materialsCitation>
,
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1962-04-03" collectionCode="NMSA" collectorName="A. C. &amp; W. H. van Bruggen" country="South Africa" elevation="1540" location="Cathedral Peak area" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" specimenCode="V5205" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="paratype">
under stone at foot of krantzes,
<collectorName box="[319,563,1099,1119]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">A.C. &amp; W.H. van Bruggen</collectorName>
,
<date box="[572,671,1099,1119]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" value="1962-04-03">
<collectingDate box="[572,671,1099,1119]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" value="1962-04-03">03/iv/1962</collectingDate>
</date>
(
<collectionCode box="[683,749,1099,1119]" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" name="KwaZulu-Natal Museum" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" type="Museum">NMSA</collectionCode>
<specimenCode box="[754,816,1099,1119]" collectionCode="NMSA" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" name="KwaZulu-Natal Museum" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" type="Museum">V5205</specimenCode>
/T2431,
<specimenCount box="[893,1000,1099,1119]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" type="generic">1 specimen</specimenCount>
);
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:110B87C2FFBBFF95D7DCFE4FFD74FE6C:9C7D600FFFC4FF94D5BAFB97FF0FFBBC" country="South Africa" name="Cathedral Peak area" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Cathedral Peak area</location>
,
<quantity box="[240,310,1123,1143]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.54" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" unit="m" value="1540.0">
<elevation box="[240,310,1123,1143]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.54" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" unit="m" value="1540.0">1540 m</elevation>
</quantity>
</materialsCitation>
,
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1984-01-21" collectingDateMax="2148-05" collectingDateMin="1984-01-21" collectionCode="NMSA" collectorName="R. Kilburn" country="South Africa" county="Drakensberg" elevation="1550" location="Distribution" municipality="Cathedral Peak area" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="paratype">
montane
<taxonomicName box="[401,511,1123,1143]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Sapotaceae" genus="Podocarpus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[401,511,1123,1143]" italics="true" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Podocarpus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
forest,
<collectorName box="[577,676,1123,1143]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">R. Kilburn</collectorName>
,
<date box="[684,771,1123,1143]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" value="1984-01-21">
<collectingDate box="[684,771,1123,1143]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" value="1984-01-21">21/i/1984</collectingDate>
</date>
(
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/T2429,
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(
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only from the
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in the KZN
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; occurs at altitudes of
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<paragraph blockId="64.[144,1105,666,1670]" box="[144,626,1223,1248]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Habitat: Afrotemperate forest, in leaf-litter.</paragraph>
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Notes: As with
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q.
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</emphasis>
, we describe this material as a new taxon largely on account of molecular data (
<bibRefCitation author="MOUSSALLI, A. &amp; HERBERT, D. G. &amp; STUART-FOX, D." box="[549,779,1293,1318]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" pagination="167 - 182" refId="ref74422" refString="MOUSSALLI, A., HERBERT, D. G. &amp; STUART-FOX, D. 2009. A phylogeny of the cannibal snails of southern Africa, genus Natalina sensu lato (Pulmonata: Rhytididae): assessing concordance between morphology and molecular data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 52 (1): 167 - 182." type="journal article" year="2009">
Moussalli
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2009
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) which indicate it to comprise a deeply divergent lineage within the
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<emphasis box="[562,726,1325,1349]" italics="true" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">N. quekettiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
complex. However, although few adult specimens are available, there is also some evidence that the shell coloration is also distinctive.
</paragraph>
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This occurrence of a distinctive lineage of land snail in the Cathedral Peak area is mirrored by two achatinid species
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<emphasis box="[540,824,1453,1477]" italics="true" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Cochlitoma montistempli</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">C. omissa</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation author="BRUGGEN, A. C. &amp; VAN" box="[238,411,1485,1510]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" pagination="79 - 91" refId="ref71022" refString="BRUGGEN, A. C., VAN. 1965. Two new species of Achatinidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda Pulmonata) from the Drakensberg Range, with general remarks on southern African Achatinidae. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaine 71 (1 - 2): 79 - 91." type="journal article" year="1965">Bruggen, 1965</bibRefCitation>
)
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. It strongly suggests that this region of the Drakensberg has been subject to historical environmental conditions that have resulted in the long-term isolation and independent evolution of a distinctive and perhaps now relictual fauna of narrow-range endemics. Similar narrow-range endemism is found in the chameleon fauna of the Drakensberg (
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) (see also biogeographic summary below).
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Conservation: On account of its very limited distribution (known extent of occurrence is less than 3.0 km
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)
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q.
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is clearly a taxon of conservation concern. It occurs in a formally protected region (the
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) where disturbance is limited, but it is evident that the forests of the Cathedral Peak area harbour a fauna of particular interest and that they should be managed so as to keep disturbance to a minimum. Burning practices in the surrounding grasslands need to be particularly carefully managed.
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