Elia (Caucasica) somchetica (Pfeiffer, 1846)

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

Elia (Caucasica) somchetica (Pfeiffer, 1846)

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Clausilia somchetica - Pfeiffer 1846: p. 94

Type locality.

"Somchetia" (= Somkheti).

Distribution.

Widely distributed along the ranges of the Greater and Lesser Caucasus. Isolated occurrences in the Oshten-Fisht mountain complex and at Stavropol (both in Russia), as well as in Kars Province (Turkey).

Habitat.

Moist mountain forests and rocky subalpine meadows up to 2500 m; among leaf litter, in rock crevices and under stones.

Occurrence data.

Samtskhe - Javakheti • N41.6976°, E43.5188°; 2420 m; leg. OD-IS, 2009 (IS, MS) • N41.7014°, E43.5131°; 2210 m; leg. JG-LM-MS, (ISU, MS) • N41.5260°, E43.0310°; 1320 m; leg. LM, 2020 (ISU) • N41.5187°, E43.0397°; 1510 m; leg. LM, 2020 (ISU) • N41.3995°, E43.6196°; 2050 m; leg. LM, 2017 (ISU).

Remarks.

Somkheti, the type locality, is a loosely defined historic region roughly corresponding to the Kvemo Kartli Region and Lori Province in Armenia.

Figures

Figure 2. Occurrence records of Caspiophaedusa perlucens (A), Pontophaedusa funiculum (B) and Pontophaedusa gregoi (C). Black and white dots corrsepond to novel and published data, respectively.

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 6. Occurrence records of Elia (Caucasica) somchetica (A), Elia (C.) tuschetica (B) and Elia (Megaleuxina) derasa (C). Symbols are as in Figure 2.