Meijeriella canaliculata Bank, 1985

Guemues, Burcin Askim & Neubert, Eike, 2012, New taxa of terrestrial molluscs from Turkey (Gastropoda, Pristilomatidae, Enidae, Hygromiidae, Helicidae), ZooKeys 171, pp. 17-37 : 22

Meijeriella canaliculata Bank, 1985 Figs 2 , 4

Meijeriella canaliculata Bank, 1985, Heldia 1 (2): 42 [Greece, Mytilini (= Lesvos), at the road Keramia-Agiassos, 800 m SW Pigi Karini, approx. 39.11°N, 26.39°E].

Type specimens.

Holotype NNM 55671 (not checked).

Specimens examined.

Vil. Balıkesir, Edremit, Kaz Dağı, Camp Area, 39.67°N, 26.95°E, 800 m alt., 24. July 2004, leg. B. A. Gümüş, NMBE 28360/1 (preserved), NMBE 28359/1 (dry), SMF 330175/1, several specimens in coll. Gümüş.

Description of the genital organs

( Fig. 2 , shell size of dissected animal: 11.9 × 3.15 mm). The morphology of the genital organs of the Turkish specimens equals that of the paratype from Lesvos shown by Bank (1985).

Discussion.

The shells do not differ from the illustrated holotype from the Island of Lesvos, particularly the canaliculated last whorl is clearly visible. The known distribution of this species was hitherto restricted to the island of Lesvos, where it is abundant (pers. comm. Bank 2011). This is the first record for this species from Turkey and shows that this species has a larger distribution. It mirrors the geological development of the area, since Lesvos is situated in the Eastmediterranean subduction zone and had been connected to the Turkish mainland during the Miocene.

Figures

Figure 2 - 3. 2 Genital organs of Meijeriella canaliculata (Kaz Dagi) 3 Genital organs of Meijeriella frivaldskyi (ruins of Truva).

Figures 4 - 12. Enidae. 4 - 10 Meijeriella spp. 4 Meijeriella canaliculata, Vil. Balikesir, Edremit, Kaz Dagi, Camp Area, 39.67 ° N, 26.95 ° E, H = 14.65 mm. 5 - 8 Meijeriella frivaldskyi. 5 syntype Bulimus frivaldskyi, SMF 63750, H = 14.8 mm 6 syntype Bulimus raynevalianus, MHNG 12106, H = 15.8 mm 7 Meijeriella frivaldskyi, SMF 312495, Ruins of Truva, leg. H. P. M. G. Menkhorst, H = 11.45 mm 8 Meijeriella frivaldskyi, NMBE 28357, Ruins of Truva, leg. B. A. Guemues, 10.06.2008, H = 10.6 mm. 9 - 11 Turanena spp. 9. Turanena demirsoyi sp. n., holotype NMBE 32704, Erzincan, Kemaliye, Dilli Deresi, 870 m alt., leg. B. A. Guemues, H = 12.15 mm 10 Turanenea cochlicopoides, Paratype SMF 309776, Vil. Gaziantep, along the road Gaziantep → Bahce, ca. 12 km NW Gaziantep, 1000 m alt., leg. Menkhorst, 15.07.1986, H = 5.6 mm 11 Turanena cochlicopoides; NMBE 32713, between Arslanoba and Dolunay villages (the rocks around the Cahit Bilgin Park), 39.249 ° N, 38.599 ° E, 1560 m alt., leg. B. A. Guemues, 07.09.2007 12 Buliminus alepensis alepensis NMBE 32709, Cit Koeyue, 39.1119 ° N, 38.6043 ° E, 976 m alt. 05.05.2007, leg. B. A. Guemues. - All figures scaled x 5.