Rolleia oberi Watters & Duffy, 2010

Watters, G. Thomas, 2013, New taxa and distributional notes on Abbottella and related taxa (Gastropoda: Littorinoidea: Annulariidae), Zootaxa 3646 (1), pp. 1-22 : 20-22

Rolleia oberi Watters & Duffy, 2010

Figures 5 G–N, 8 G

Type material. UF 434775, holotype. UF 434776, 3 paratypes; BMSM 17970, 2 paratypes; OSUM 35489, 2 paratypes; all from the type locality.

Type locality. On road half way between Santiago de los Caballeros and Puerto Plata, El Puerto, La Has, Puerto Plata Province, Dominican Republic, at 830–1000 m in the Cordillera Septentrional.

Other material examined. UF 216195, 7 km SSW of Yásica Abajo, Loma el Indio Viejo, near Puerto Plata/ Santiago Province boundary, Dominican Republic, at 800 m; UF 216186, 1 km NW of Laja de Yaroa, near Puerto Plata/Santiago Province boundary, Dominican Republic; UF 236228, Laja de Yaroa, Loma de Puerto, near Puerto Plata/Santiago Province boundary, Dominican Republic, at 700 m.

Distribution and habitat. This species has only been collected off the road from Puerto Plata to Santiago de los Caballeros, which crosses the Cordillera Septentrional. The extent of its distribution along that mountain range is unknown. Locally common.

Comparison with other species. See Comparison under R. haitensis above ( Figure 5 A–F ).

Figures

FIGURE 5. A – F. Rolleia haitensis Bartsch, 1946. A – C. Holotype (USNM 504088), 12.0 mm width. Photo courtesy of USNM. D. UF 32777, 15.4 mm width. E. UF 32777, 13.7 mm width. F. UF 32863, 13.2 mm width. G – N. Rolleia oberi Watters & Duffy, 2010. G – I. Holotype (UF 434775), 10.3 mm width. J. UF 236228, 10.2 mm width. K. UF 216195, 11.0 mm width. L. UF 216195, 11.5 mm width. M. UF 216195, 10.7 mm width. N. UF 216195, 11.3 mm width. O. Abbottella (Abbottella) calliotropis new species. UF 216131, 7.1 mm width. Note predation damage. P. Abbottella (Abbottella) diadema new species. UF 215985, 5.0 mm width. Note predation damage. Q. Abbottella (Abbottella) dichroa new species. UF 216112, 8.3 mm width. Note predation damage. R, S. Abbottella (Abbottella) nitens new species. R. UF 216167, 7.9 mm width. Note predation damage. S. Holotype (UF 456806), 7.8 mm width. Note predation damage.