Montenegrina cattaroensis umbilicata (Boettger, 1879)

Feher, Zoltan & Szekeres, Miklos, 2016, Taxonomic revision of the rock-dwelling door snail genus Montenegrina Boettger, 1877 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Clausiliidae), ZooKeys 599, pp. 1-137 : 13-15

Taxon classification Animalia Stylommatophora Clausiliidae

Montenegrina cattaroensis umbilicata (Boettger, 1879) Fig. 11F

Clausilia umbilicata Boettger, 1879: 102, plate 2, fig. 3.

Clausilia (Delima) umbilicata - Westerlund 1884: 53. - Wohlberedt 1907: 551. - Wohlberedt 1909: 674, plate 14, figs 152-155.

Delima (Albanodelima) umbilicata - Wagner 1924: 118.

Montenegrina umbilicata - Nordsieck 1969: 259. (genital anatomy).

Montenegrina umbilicata umbilicata - Zilch 1981: 132, plate 12, fig. 17. - Nordsieck 2009: 73.

Diagnosis.

Shell medium to large, tumid. All whorls smooth. Neck finely costate. Basal and peripheral crests weak. Lamellae superior and spiralis mostly overlap. Lunella dorsal-dorsolateral. Subclaustralis fused to lunella as its almost straight continuation. Plica principalis often connected to the superior. Weak sulcalis usually present.

Dimensions

(in mm). Hs: 18.5-25.3 (lectotype 19.4), Ws: 4.8-6.6 (lectotype 5.4) (lectotype SMF 176318, paralectotypes SMF 176319, topotypes HNHM 99604, Petrovac NHMW 110430/MN/0073, Haj Nehaj NHMW 110430/MN/0075).

Type locality.

“Antivari” = Montenegro, Stari Bar.

Type material.

Type locality, ex Boettger, ex Benoit, lectotype (SMF 176318), paralectotype (SMF 176319/5).

Other material.

Montenegro, Stari Bar, fortress, 130 m, 42.0939°N, 19.1342°E, leg. LD, ZF, JK, DM, 14.x.2008 (HNHM 99604); Rumija Mts, 2 km above Stari Bar, along the footpath to Veliki Mikulići, 320 m, 42.0978°N, 19.1447°E, leg. LD, ZF, JK, DM, 14.x.2008 (HNHM 99606); 1 km above Stari Bar, both sides of the gorge, 220 m, 42.0996°N, 19.1426°E, leg. LD, ZF, JK, DM, 14.x.2008 (HNHM 99605, HNHM 99607); Mt. Menka near Zaljevo, leg. Papp, 6.iv.1972 (HNHM 31109); Rijeka Reževići, along the Budva to Petrovac road, 100 m, 42.2270°N, 18.9117°E, leg. TD, ZE, ZF, 26.v.2015 (HNHM 99608, NHMW 110430/MN/0072); S of Novoselje, 3.5 km from Petrovac toward Virpazar, 400 m, 42.2178°N, 18.9545°E, leg. TD, ZE, ZF, 26.v.2015 (HNHM 99609, NHMW 110430/MN/0073); Čanj, valley of the Suvi Potok, road to the beach, 40 m, 42.1649°N, 19.0069°E, leg. TD, ZE, ZF, 26.v.2015 (HNHM 99610, NHMW 110430/MN/0074); Haj Nehaj (near Sutomore), quarry, 140 m, 42.1530°N, 19.0237°E, leg. TD, ZE, ZF, 26.v.2015 (HNHM 99611, NHMW 110430/MN/0075).

Distribution.

This taxon is distributed sporadically along the southern Montenegrin coast between Budva and Zaljevo (Fig. 13).

Remarks.

Earlier Montenegrina cattaroensis umbilicata used to be classified as a distinct species, but its geographical vicinity and very similar shell characters indicate close relationship with Montenegrina cattaroensis .

Wohlberedt (1909) mentions a more southern occurrence, in the Mužura Mts near Ulcinj. This record, however, corresponds to Montenegrina subcristata (leg. Winneguth, 1904, NHMW 41258/2).