Montenegrina laxa kontschani Eross & Szekeres, 2006

Feher, Zoltan & Szekeres, Miklos, 2016, Taxonomic revision of the rock-dwelling door snail genus Montenegrina Boettger, 1877 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Clausiliidae), ZooKeys 599, pp. 1-137 : 52-53

Taxon classification Animalia Stylommatophora Clausiliidae

Montenegrina laxa kontschani Eross & Szekeres, 2006 Fig. 21G

Montenegrina laxa kontschani Erőss & Szekeres, 2006 in Erőss et al. 2006: 199-200, fig. 21. - Nordsieck 2009: 73.

Diagnosis.

Shell medium to large, yellowish-corneous. All whorls smooth. Neck inflexed, striate. Basal and peripheral crests well recognizable. Peristome rounded to somewhat angular, with swollen, reflexed margin. Lamellae superior and spiralis overlap. Subcolumellar lamella not or barely, clausilium plate not at all visible through the aperture. Lunella lateral. Subclaustralis shorter than the basalis, sulcalis present. Anterior plica superior very long, starts diverging from, then turns parallel or even converging to, the plica principalis. It is mostly separate from the lunella complex.

Dimensions

(in mm). Hs: 14.8-19.3 (holotype 19.0), Ws: 3.7-4.8 mm (holotype 4.1).

Type locality.

Albania, Tiranë District, 6 km S of the Qafa e Shtyllës, 7.7 km S of the Elbasan junction along the Tiranë to Klos road, 1420 m, 41.3512°N, 20.0546°E.

Type material.

Type locality, leg. ZE, ZF, JK, DM, 22.x.2002, holotype (HNHM 94878), paratypes (NHMUK 20050227, HNC 63191, HNHM 94879/70, NHMW 103288, RMNH 100325, SMF 328092, NMBE 534925/4).

Other material.

Albania, Tiranë District, Gropa Mts, ca. 3 km E of the Shën Mëri junction along the Tiranë to Bizë road, 1400 m, 41.3512°N, 20.0502°E, leg. ZF, TK, DM, 20.vi.2012 (HNHM 99633); ca. 3.5 km E of the Shën Mëri junction, 1400 m, 41.3507°N, 20.0583°E, leg. ZF, TK, DM, 20.vi.2012 (HNHM 99634); Shtyllë Pass, 1.3 km N of the Elbasan junction at the Tiranë to Bizë road, 1520 m, 41.3705°N, 20.0855°E, leg. ZF, TK, DM, 20.vi.2012 (HNHM 99635); same locality, leg. ZE, ZF, JK, DM, 22.x.2002 (HNHM 94880); along the Klos to Elbasan road, 3 km E of the Tiranë junction, 1380 m, 41.3515°N, 20.1163°E, leg. ZF, JK, DM, 9.x.2004 (HNHM 94882).

Distribution.

Southwestern part of the Gropa-Bizë-Martanesh mountain group in Central Albania (Fig. 23).