Montenegrina dofleini fagorum Nordsieck, 1974

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 : 17

Taxon classification Animalia Stylommatophora Clausiliidae

Montenegrina dofleini fagorum Nordsieck, 1974 Fig. 11I

Montenegrina janinensis fagorum Nordsieck, 1974: 152, plate 5, fig. 30. - Zilch 1981: 129, plate 13, fig. 27. - Nordsieck 2009: 75.

Diagnosis.

Shell small, tumid, with whitish tint. All whorls smooth and glossy. Neck inflexed, behind the aperture finely striate. Peristome rounded to ovoid. Lamellae superior and spiralis mostly do not overlap. In front view lamella inferior moderately emerged, subcolumellaris not or only slightly barely visible. Lunella dorsal-dorsolateral, basalis and subclaustralis absent. Sulcalis mostly absent or residual. Anterior plica superior absent or weak, not connected to the lunella complex.

Dimensions

(in mm). Hs: 11.8-14.4 (holotype 13.5), Ws: 3.4-4.0 (holotype 3.7).

Type locality.

Macedonia, Galičica Mts, above Trpejca, 10 km toward Carina along the road crossing the Galičica Mts, 1400 m.

Type material.

Type locality, leg. Nordsieck, 26.viii.1971, holotype (SMF 227680), paratypes (SMF 227681, NHMW-K 65049/10, SMNS-N 5483), same locality, leg. Fauer, 17.viii.1971, paratypes (SMNS-N 5571, NMBE 535049/3), same locality, leg. LP, PS, AS, 14.vii.1972, paratypes (NMBE 535047/8, HNHM 11915/15, HNHM 67026/2, HNHM 36721/8).

Other material.

Macedonia, near the type locality, Korita Spring, 40.9674°N, 20.8149°E, leg. ZF, EH, KJ, HS, 17.x.2014 (NHMW 110430/MN/0053); same locality, leg. ZE, ZF, AH, 6.iv.2004 (HNHM 94244); Galičica Mts, 12 km from the Sveti Naum to Ohrid road toward Carina, 1540 m, 40.9627°N, 20.8171°E, leg. A. Fehér, T. Fehér, ZF, LT (NHMW 110430/MN/0052); same locality, leg. ZE, ZF, AH, 6.iv.2004 (HNHM 94450); 14 km from the Sveti Naum to Ohrid road toward Carina, Baba observation point, 1600 m, 40.9541°N, 20.8126°E, leg. ZE, ZF, JG, 29.vi.2015 (NHMW 110430/MN/0054); same locality, leg. ZE, ZF, AH, 6.iv.2004 (HNHM 94451).

Distribution.

This taxon inhabits the western slopes of the Galičica Mountain. It was found along the road crossing the mountain from ca. 1300 m to the mountain pass at 1600 m. Nordsieck (1974) mentions this taxon from the Mt. Thatë (southern extension of the Galičica), however those records correspond to another taxon, Montenegrina dofleini wagneri Szekeres, 2006. Our data suggest that the ranges of fagorum and wagneri are disjunct, as we found typical dofleini populations between them in the Magaro Summit area (NHMW 110430/MN/0046-48).