Armenica (Armenica) unicristata (Boettger, 1877)

Mumladze, Levan, Grego, Jozef & Szekeres, Miklos, 2023, The land snail family Clausiliidae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Stylommatophora) in Georgia: overview, novel records and a new species, Caucasiana 2, pp. 29-61 : 29

Armenica (Armenica) unicristata (Boettger, 1877)

Figures 4C , 5B

Clausilia unicristata - Boettger 1877: p. 75

Type locality.

"Ekatherinenfeld" (= Bolnisi, Kvemo Kartli Region).

Distribution.

Occurs sporadically in southern and southeastern Georgia, northern and southeastern Armenia, as well as northern and western Azerbaijan.

Habitat.

Exposed metamorphic or limestone cliffs; around and inside rock crevices.

Occurrence data.

Kakheti • N41.4896°, E46.0976°; 750 m; leg. DM, 2019 (HNHM 104483) • N41.4888°, E46.0956°; 760 m; leg. JG-LM-MS, 2021 (ISU, JG, MS). Samtskhe - Javakheti • N41.7014°, E43.5131°; 2210 m; leg. JG-LM-MS, 2021 (ISU, JG, MS).

Remarks.

The Armenica from Sakavre (Shida Kartli Region) (ISU B27-501), mentioned by Lezhava (1964) as A. gracillima (Retowski, 1889), belongs to this species. Another sample from Akhalsopeli (Kvemo Kartli Region), mentioned in the same paper as Armenica brunnea ( Rossmässler, 1939), could not be located but is assumed to be also A. (A.) unicristata. In Lezhava's collection we found a further sample of this species from Gujareti (Samtskhe-Javakheti Region) (ISU 485), a yet unpublished locality.

Figures

Figure 4. (A) Acrotoma (Iliamneme) baryshnikovi, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti, Kvedi 1 Cave southeast of Kvedi, N 42.5561 °, E 43.5721 °. (B) A. (I.) enguriensis, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, 6 km N of Jvari, N 42.7500 °, E 42.0489 °. (C) Armenica (Armenica) unicristata, Kakheti, Artsivi Gorge northwest of Dedoplistskaro, N 41.4888 °, E 46.0956 °. (D) A. (Astrogena) griseofusca, Turkey, Trabzon Province, Suemela south of Trabzon, N 40.6894 °, E 39.6589 °. (E) Elia (Caucasica) ossetica, Kakheti, Batsara Nature Reserve, N 42.2229 °, E 45.3020 °. (F) E. (C.) somchetica, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Didveli south of Bakuriani, N 41.6976 °, E 43.5188 °. (G) E. (C.) tuschetica, Kakheti, southwest of the Abano Pass, N 42.2422 °, E 45.4946 °. (H) E. (Megaleuxina) derasa, Samtskhe-Javakheti, east of the Goderdzi Pass, N 41.6603 °, E 42.6042 °. Scale bar: 5 mm.

Figure 5. Occurrence records of Acrotoma (Iliamneme) enguriensis (A), Armenica (Armenica) unicristata (B) and Elia (Caucasica) ossetica (C). Symbols are as in Figure 2.