Bukobia uhehensis Verdcourt, 1965

Muratov, Igor V., 2010, Terrestrial molluscs of Cabo Delgado and adjacent inland areas of north-eastern Mozambique, African Invertebrates 51 (2), pp. 255-255 : 282

Bukobia uhehensis Verdcourt, 1965

Fig. 63

Bukobia uhehensis: Verdcourt 1965: 282 , fig. 8 (Iringa, Tanzania; length 49 mm, sole width 6 mm).

A rare eastern African species, previously known by a single specimen from the type locality in central Tanzania, about 600 km NW of the study area. Found at one station inland. Differs from all other species of the genus Bukobia , as well from two following species of the family, by the presence of a single large soft stimulator without any calcareous elements inside the shortly elongated diverticulum of the atrium .

Figures

Figs 62–65. Helicarionidae: (62) “Sitala” jenynsi, shell 7.9×11.0 mm, subadult, stn 8. Urocyclidae: (63) Bukobia uhehensis, length 35 mm, stn 1; (64) Elisolimax flavescens, length 40 mm, stn 8; (65) Urocyclus kirki, length 75 mm, stn 10.