Montenegrina cattaroensis cattaroensis ( Rossmaessler , 1835)

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 : 11-13

Taxon classification Animalia Stylommatophora Clausiliidae

Montenegrina cattaroensis cattaroensis ( Rossmaessler, 1835) Fig. 11D

Clausilia cattaroensis Rossmässler, 1835: Heft 2, pp. 8-9, plate 7, fig. 100. - Küster 1844-1862: 40-41, plate 4, figs 14-17. - Pfeiffer 1848: 437-438. - Schmidt 1868: 68.

Clausilia cattaroensis var. gracilior Küster, 1850 in Küster 1844-1862: 40.

Clausilia cattaroensis (partim) - Walderdorff 1864: 509.

Clausilia (Delima) cattaroensis - Westerlund 1884: 53-54. - Wohlberedt 1907: 551. - Wohlberedt 1909: 673-674, plate 14, figs 148-151.

Clausilia (Delima) cattaroensis f. parvula Westerlund, 1884: 54.

Clausilia (Delima) catarvensis (sic!) - Westerlund 1884: 54.

Clausilia (Delima) laevigata Mhlf. - Westerlund 1884: 54.

Clausilia (Delima) lesinacensis Parr. - Westerlund 1884: 54.

Clausilia (Delima) cattaroensis var. gracilior - Westerlund 1884: 54.

Delima (Delima) cattaroensis - Sturany and Wagner 1915: 73-74, plate 16, fig. 92.

Delima (Albanodelima) cattaroensis - Wagner 1924: 118.

Delima (Montenegrina) cattaroensis - Zilch in Wenz 1960: 429-430, fig. 1526.

Montenegrina cattaroensis - Nordsieck 1969: 259. (genital anatomy) - Zilch 1981: 127, plate 12, fig. 16. - Nordsieck 2009: 73.

Diagnosis.

Shell mostly large, elongate. All whorls smooth. Neck finely costate. Basal and peripheral crests well recognizable. Lamellae superior and spiralis overlap. Lunella dorsolateral. Plica principalis often connected to the superior. Sulcalis well developed.

Dimensions

(in mm). Hs: 16.8-26.5 (lectotype 26.0); Ws: 4.3-5.9 (lectotype 5.8) (Kotor NHMW 110430/MN/0068, SMF 156967, SMF 221221). According to Westerlund (1884) the height and width of the smallest specimens (forma parvula ) can be 15 mm and 3 mm, respectively.

Type locality.

“Cattaro” = Montenegro, Kotor.

Type material.

"Dalmatien, Cattaro", ex Rossmässler, lectotype (SMF 156967), paralectotype (SMF 5021/3, SMF 176307/5 SMF 221221/9)

Other material.

Montenegro, Kotor, above the town, leg. Kiss, LP, 9.vii.1985 (HNHM 43127); Kotor, bus terminal, 42.4197°N, 18.7718°E, leg. ZE, ZF, 29.vi.1996 (HNHM 91037); Kotor, Škurda Gorge and N slope of the fortress hill, 80 m, 42.4269°N, 18.7756°E, leg. TD, ZE, ZF (HNHM 99601, NHMW 110430/MN/0068); Bay of Kotor, N of Dobrota, gorge of the Ljuta, 20 m, 42.4862°N, 18.7670°E, leg. LD, ZF, JK, DM, 8.x.2008 (HNHM 99599); Mt. Lovćen, gorge ca. 8 km from Kotor on the Kotor to Njeguši road, 400 m, 42.4024°N, 18.7750°E, leg. LD, ZF, JK, DM, 8.x.2008 (HNHM 99600); same locality, leg. ZE, ZF, 21.iv.2000 (HNHM 95412); same locality, leg. TD, ZE, ZF (HNHM 99602, NHMW 110430/MN/0069); 9 km from Kotor on the Kotor to Njeguši road, 450 m, 42.4095°N, 18.7787°E, leg. TD, ZE, ZF (HNHM 99603, NHMW 110430/MN/0070); "Risano über Bocche di Cattaro" (= Risan, above the Bay of Kotor) ex Käufel, ex Rušnov (NHMW Kau-70412); Bay of Kotor, Orahovac, 30 m, 42.4894°N, 18.7641°E, leg. TD, Domokos, Nacsa, Páll-Gergely, 5.iv.2006 (MMM-B01329).

Distribution.

This taxon lives at the foot and slopes of the mountains surrounding the Bay of Kotor between Risan and Kotor. We found it along the serpentine road from Kotor to the Mt. Lovćen up to 450 m. It is not syntopic with Montenegrina subcristata , which occurs somewhat farther on the Njeguši Plateau, above 800-900 m (Fig. 13).

Remarks.

The monograph of Küster (1844-1862) was published in parts over several years. Page 40, where the name gracilior was first mentioned, dates to 1850 ( Welter-Schultes 1999).

The distribution record from Herceg-Novi ( “Castelnuovo”) by Schmidt (1868) is probably erroneous, as during recent field trips no Montenegrina could be found in that area. Gluhi do, mentioned by Wohlberedt (1901), is a locality of Montenegrina subcristata .