Bellatrachia Schileyko, 2018

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Genus Bellatrachia Schileyko, 2018

Bellatrachia Schileyko, 2018: 169-171.

Type species.

Helix (Chloritis) pseudomiara Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1909 by monotypy.

The anatomically-examined specimen (i.e., on which the genus is based) was in fact Helix condoriana . Under the provisions of Article 70.3 ICZN, we herewith replace the original type species Helix (Chloritis) pseudomiara Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1909 with Helix condoriana Crosse & Fischer, 1863 as the type species of Bellatrachia Schileyko, 2018 to serve the stability of nomenclature.

Included species.

Bellatrachia condoriana (Crosse & Fischer, 1863).

Diagnosis.

Shell depressed globular, apex not sunken, hairs or hair scars cover the entire shell. Penis rather long, subcylindrical, its inner surface bears longitudinal pilasters; penial verge absent; penial caecum absent; epiphallus slender, long, convoluted; retractor muscle attached at the penis-epiphallus transition; flagellum thick, with attenuated tip, approximately 2-2.5 times shorter than epiphallus; vagina slender, shorter than penis; stalk of bursa copulatrix long, with thickening at some distance from its origin, shape of bursa unknown (based on Schileyko 2018; see Fig. 4 ).

Description.

See B. condoriana below.

Remarks.

Bellatrachia differs from Trichochloritis in lacking the penial caecum.

Figures

Figures 3 - 4. Original specimen " Bellatrachia pseudomiara " sensu Schileyko 3 shell (Schileyko 2018: 170, Fig. 1), D = 23.2 mm, A. Sysoev, photograph x 2 4 Morphology of the genital organs of " Bellatrachia pseudomiara " sensu Schileyko (2018), modified after Schileyko (2018).