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Virpazaria (Virpazaria) pageti subsp. pageti Gittenberger 1969

  • 1. Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Baross u. 13, Budapest, H- 1088, Hungary.
  • 2. Móricz Zsigmond u. 2, Gyomaendrőd, H- 5500, Hungary.
  • 3. Bem u. 36., Budapest, H- 1151, Hungary.
  • 4. Departament of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Tirana University, Bulevardi Zogu i Parë, Tiranë, AL- 1001, Albania.

Description

Virpazaria (Virpazaria) pageti pageti Gittenberger, 1969

Fig. 5 F–M

Virpazaria (Virpazaria) pageti Gittenberger, 1969: 301–302, fig. 6.

Virpazaria pageti alexanderi P.L. Reischütz & Subai in Reischütz et al., 2012: 32, fig. 1.

Virpazaria (Virpazaria) pageti – Gittenberger 1988: 424. Welter-Schultes 2012: 212, unnumbered fig. Virpazaria cf. pageti – Reischütz et al. 2011: 58, fig. 3.

Virpazaria pageti pageti – Reischütz et al. 2012: 33, fig. 3.

Diagnosis

Discoid shell, barely raised spire, body whorl silhouette rounded. Aperture narrow crescent-shaped. Peristome not thickened, without teeth or knobs. Parietal flap sharp-edged, directly connected with palatal peristome, detached from penultimate whorl (looks like a deformed tube).

Material examined

Holotype (V. pageti)

MONTENEGRO • “Bocche di Cattaro, Sutorina Mündung (Genist)” [Kotor Bay, in debris at mouth of Sutorina rivulet]; “ Trissexodon Käufeli Typus”; Käufel leg.; NHMW-E 47864.

Holotype (V. p. alexanderi)

CROATIA • Kotor Bay, Prevlaka Peninsula, near Prevlaka Village, between Osti rt and border station at Njivice; Mar. 2010; A., N. and P.L. Reischütz leg.; NHMW 108106.

Paratypes (V. pageti)

MONTENEGRO • 1 spec.; same collection data as for holotype; NHMW-E 47864 a.

Paratypes (V. p. alexanderi)

CROATIA • 1 spec.; same collection data as for holotype; NMBE 539847 • 2 ad., 15 juv.; Reischütz private collection [not seen].

Other material

CROATIA • Prevlaka Peninsula, 1.5 km from Croatian border station to Fort Prevlaka; 42.4181° N, 18.5132° E [≈ type locality of V. alexanderi]; 60 m alt.; 17 Jul. 2018; Z. Erőss, T. Fehér and Z. Fehér leg.; HNHM 104391.

MONTENEGRO • Igalo, W of Herceg Novi, S of Sutorina-Njivice-Igalo junction, limestone rock cavity; 19 Sep. 2005; P. Subai leg.; HNHM 102250 • Prevlaka Peninsula, Igalo (near Herceg-Novi), W side of bay at Žvinje junction; 42.4455° N, 18.5050° E; 50 m alt.; 29 May 2015; T. Deli, Z. Erőss and Z. Fehér leg.; HNHM 103427 • same collection data as for preceding; NHMW 110430/MN/0990 • beneath Žvinje on serpentine road; 42.4460° N, 18.5029° E; 160 m alt.; 17 Jul. 2018; Z. Erőss, T. Fehér and Z. Fehér leg.; HNHM 104390 • Njivice, ca 2 km from Igalo junction; 42.4316° N, 18.5170° E; 60 m alt.; 18 Jul. 2017; Z. Erőss and Z. Fehér leg.; HNHM 104395.

Dimensions

H 1.3–1.9 mm; W 2.1–3.2 mm.

Notes

Published as part of Fehér, Zoltán, Deli, Tamás, Erőss, Zoltán P. & Lika, Romilda, 2019, Taxonomic revision of the subterranean genus Virpazaria Gittenberger, 1969 (Gastropoda, Spelaeodiscidae), pp. 1-25 in European Journal of Taxonomy 558 on page 14, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.558, http://zenodo.org/record/3474974

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References

  • Gittenberger E. 1969. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pupillacea. I. Die Spelaeodiscinae. Zoologische Mededelingen 43 (22): 287 - 306.
  • Reischutz A. & Reischutz P. L. 2012. Virpazaria nicoleae nov. spec. (Spelaeodiscidae: Pulmonata: Gastropoda) aus Montenegro. Nachrichtenblatt der Ersten Vorarlberger Malakologischen Gesellschaft 19: 17 - 18.
  • Gittenberger E. 1988. Uber Virpazaria (V.) pageti Gittenberger 1969, Gyralina (G.) pageti n. sp. und deren Sekundarfundorte (Mollusca: Pulmonata). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 90 B: 423 - 426.
  • Welter-Schultes F. W. 2012. European Non-marine Molluscs, a Guide for Species Identification. Planet Poster Editions, Gottingen.
  • Reischutz A., Reischutz N. & Reischutz P. L. 2011. Anmerkungen zur Verbreitung von Virpazaria Gittenberger 1969 (Spelaeodiscidae: Gastropoda) und bemerkenswerte Mollusken aus Albanien. Nachrichtenblatt der Ersten Vorarlberger Malakologischen Gesellschaft 18: 57 - 60.