Bellardiella (Bellardiella) martensiana, Tapparone-Canefri, 1883

Varga, András & Páll-Gergely, Barna, 2017, A review of Bellardiella Tapparone-Canefri, 1883, with descriptions of a new subgenus and two new species (Gastropoda: Cyclophoroidea: Pupinidae), Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 65, pp. 386-394 : 389-390

Bellardiella (Bellardiella) martensiana Tapparone- Canefri, 1883

( Fig. 1 D–G)

Bellardiella Martensiana Tapparone-Canefri, 1883: 266 , Plate 10, Figs. 20–21.

Bellardiella Martensiana , — E. A. Smith, 1897: 287.

Bellardiella martensiana , — Benthem-Jutting, 1963: 691.

Bellardiella martensiana , — Egorov, 2013:10, Fig. 15A.

Diagnosis. A small to large (H: 11.5–16.9 mm, D: 6.6–9.6 mm) Bellardiella species with ovoid, nearly smooth shell,

open umbilicus, rounded aperture, relatively weak sinulus, a weak parietal callus, a moderately thickened peristome, and an umbilical tube, which is attached to the peristome.

Type locality. “ Port Dorey , Nuova Guinea ” (0°52′S, 134°4′E) .

Remarks. Operculum unknown. Benthem-Jutting (1963) reports the species from the following localities: “Teminabuan” (1°26′S, 132°4′E), “limestone hills at headwater of Beraur River” (S Birdshead Peninsula, ca. 1°17′S, 131°38.5′E), and Salawati Island: Waileh district; W. side of Waijar Bay (we could not locate this point). We have not examined these specimens.

Figures

Fig. 1. Shells of Pupinidae. A–C, Pupinella pupiniformis (Sowerby, 1842) (Philippinen, Meriguit, leg. Semper, coll. Kobelt, SMF 155482); D–G, lectotype of Bellardiella (Bellardiella) martensiana (MSNG, without inventory number); H–S, Bellardiella (Bellardiella) minor Hedley, 1891. H–M, lectotype; N–S, paralectotype (= juvenile shell). Photos: B. Páll-Gergely (A–C), M. Tavano (D–G) and Alison C. Miller (H–S) (copyright: Australian Museum). Scale represents 5 mm.