Armenica (Armenica) unicristata (Boettger, 1877)

Figures 4C, 5B

Clausilia unicristata - Boettger 1877: p. 75

Type locality.

"Ekatherinenfeld" (= Bolnisi, Kvemo Kartli Region).

Distribution.

Occurs sporadically in southern and southeastern Georgia, northern and southeastern Armenia, as well as northern and western Azerbaijan.

Habitat.

Exposed metamorphic or limestone cliffs; around and inside rock crevices.

Occurrence data.

Kakheti • N41.4896°, E46.0976°; 750 m; leg. DM, 2019 (HNHM 104483) • N41.4888°, E46.0956°; 760 m; leg. JG-LM-MS, 2021 (ISU, JG, MS). Samtskhe - Javakheti • N41.7014°, E43.5131°; 2210 m; leg. JG-LM-MS, 2021 (ISU, JG, MS).

Remarks.

The Armenica from Sakavre (Shida Kartli Region) (ISU B27-501), mentioned by Lezhava (1964) as A. gracillima (Retowski, 1889), belongs to this species. Another sample from Akhalsopeli (Kvemo Kartli Region), mentioned in the same paper as Armenica brunnea ( Rossmässler, 1939), could not be located but is assumed to be also A. (A.) unicristata. In Lezhava's collection we found a further sample of this species from Gujareti (Samtskhe-Javakheti Region) (ISU 485), a yet unpublished locality.