Taxon classification Animalia Stylommatophora Clausiliidae

Montenegrina skipetarica rugosa Feher & Szekeres, 2006 Fig. 30G

Montenegrina irmengardis rugosa Fehér & Szekeres, 2006 in Erőss et al. 2006: 194, fig. 14.

Montenegrina skipetarica rugosa - Nordsieck 2009: 73.

Diagnosis.

Shell medium, somewhat conical, light reddish-brown. Whorls with wide-spaced, indistinct wrinkle-ribs. Neck inflexed, sharper and more densely costate. Basal and peripheral crests well recognizable. Peristome attached, ovoid, with simple margin. Lamellae superior and spiralis overlap. In front view lamella inferior well emerged, subcolumellaris mostly visible. Lunella dorsal to dorsolateral, fused to the short basalis. Subclaustralis weak, sulcalis well developed. Anterior plica superior mostly separate from the lunella complex.

Dimensions

(in mm). Hs: 16.0-18.7 (holotype 17.4), Ws: 4.0-4.4 (holotype 4.4).

Type locality.

Albania, Çorovodë District, Mali i Tomorrit, 4.8 km NE of Çorovodë (toward Radesh), gorge of the Përroi i Çorovodës, 480 m, 40.5223°N, 20.2574°E.

Type material.

Type locality, leg. ZF, JK, DM, 10.x.2004, holotype (HNHM 94862), paratypes (HNHM 94863/3, NHMW 103282, SMF 328086).

Other material.

Type locality, leg. ZF, AH, TH, DM, 22.viii.2006 (HNHM 99540); Qafa e Dëvris, NE of Radesh along the road to Zaloshnje, E side of the gorge, 1150 m, 40.5553°N, 20.2733°E, leg. ZB, ZF, CN, DP, 8.viii.2004 (HNHM 94864); same locality, leg. ZF, AH, TH, DM, 22.viii.2006 (HNHM 99538); 4.5 km NE of Turbehovë, gorge of the Përroi i Krishovës, 1040 m, 40.5590°N, 20.3908°E, leg. ZF, AH, TH, DM, 23.viii.2006 (HNHM 99539); ca. 15 km NE of Çorovodë, at the Gradec-junction, 1000 m, 40.5435°N, 20.2718°E, leg. ZF, AH, TH, DM, 22.viii.2006 (HNHM 99542); 1.5 km N of Qafa e Dëvris, along the road to Zaloshnje, 1110 m, 40.5714°N, 20.2880°E, leg. ZF, AH, TH, DM, 23.viii.2006 (HNHM 99543).

Distribution.

Ostrovica, Kulmak and Tomorr Mts in Southern Albania (Fig. 31A).

Remarks.

This taxon shows high inter-population variability of the shell sculpture, ranging from indistinctly wrinkled to sharply ribbed.