Taxon classification Animalia Stylommatophora Clausiliidae

Montenegrina fuchsi klemmi Brandt, 1962 Fig. 15C

Montenegrina (Heteroptycha) fuchsi klemmi Brandt, 1962: 143, plate 5, fig. 13.

Montenegrina fuchsi klemmi - Zilch 1981: 128, plate 13, fig. 26. - Nordsieck 2009: 73.

Diagnosis.

Shell surface smooth to indistinctly wrinkled, neck irregularly costate. Peripheral crest strong. Peristome narrowly attached or detached, rounded. Lamella subcolumellaris barely visible through the aperture. Lunella dorsal-dorsolateral, sulcalis well developed.

Dimensions

(in mm). Hs: 10.4-14.0, Ws: 2.6-2.9.

Type locality.

"Suhe, Tal d. Lum i Suhes ö . Argyrokastro" = Albania, Gjirokastër District, Suhë, valley of Lumi i Suhës .

Type material.

Type locality, leg. Fuchs, 1931, holotype (SMF 167014), paratypes (SMF 167015/2, NHMW-E 32491/23, NMBE 9826/4, ZMH 113579/2).

Other material.

Type locality, ex Klemm (SMF 201621/2) [although mentioned as paratypes by Zilch (1981), the original description does not mention this lot]; same locality, without date (NHMW-K 48294/7) [although indicated on the label as type, the original description does not mention it]; Gjirokastër District, between Suhë and Poliçan, leg. Fuchs, 1936. (NHMW-E 32441, NHMW-K 48295); 3 km NE of Suhë, along the Libohovë to Sheper road, 430 m, 40.0882°N, 20.2716°E, leg. ZF, JK, DM, 12.x.2004 (HNHM 95049); same locality, leg. DA, ZE, ZF, JG, 27 .vi.2014 (HNHM 99272, NHMW 110430/MN/0037); 5 km NE of Suhë, 420 m, 40.0915°N, 20.2922°E, leg. ZF, JK, DM, 12.x.2004 (HNHM 95050).

Distribution.

Lunxhëri Mts in southern Albania. Known only from the gorge of the Suhë Creek crossing the mountain east to west between Suhë and Poliçan (Fig. 16).