Virpazaria (Virpazaria) adrianae Gittenberger, 1969

Fehér, Zoltán, Deli, Tamás, Erőss, Zoltán P. & Lika, Romilda, 2019, Taxonomic revision of the subterranean genus Virpazaria Gittenberger, 1969 (Gastropoda, Spelaeodiscidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 558, pp. 1-25 : 4-5

Virpazaria (Virpazaria) adrianae Gittenberger, 1969

Fig. 1 A–F

Virpazaria (Virpazaria) adrianae Gittenberger, 1969: 298–299 , fig. 4.

Virpazaria (Virpazaria) adrianae – Gittenberger 1975: 268 . — Welter-Schultes 2012: 211, unnumbered fig.

Diagnosis

Discoid, shouldered shell, barely raised spire, wide umbilicus. Aperture crescent-shaped, most of it but the sinus region covered by a parietal flap in frontal view. Three wide knobs at basal–palatal peristome.

Material examined

Holotype

MONTENEGRO • W of Virpazar , Velika Jama, at Mt. Soko near Dupilo ; Dabović leg.; “ Trissexodon kuščeri ” [original label]; NHMW-E 57441 .

Paratypes

MONTENEGRO •> 30 spec.; same collection data as for holotype; NHMW-E 57441 a • 1 spec.; same collection data as for holotype; SMF123347 • 2 spec.; same collection data as for holotype; RMNH 53303 • 1 spec.; same collection data as for holotype; NHMW-K 29619 • 2 spec.; same locality as holotype; Kuščer leg.; Apr.1936; SMF 53886 .

Other material

MONTENEGRO • 6 spec.; “Grotte Grbočica” [ Pećina Grbočica ]; 10 Jul. 1936; Dabović leg.; [on label indicated as paratype]; NHMW-E 48634 • 3 spec.; “Grotte Grbočica” [ Pećina Grbočica ]; 10 Jul. 1936; Dabović leg.; [on label indicated as paratype]; NHMW-E 48092 • 1 spec.; Vrelo kod Jabukovog dola; Dabović leg.; [on label indicated as paratype]; NHMW-E 48486 • 3 spec.; [without locality]; “ Trissexodon montenegrina n. sp. Smmlg . Kuščer, Smmlg. Edlauer ”; ex. Kuščer; NHMW 79007 • many spec.; Sokopećina ; ex. Edlauer; NHMW 79008 • 7 spec.; Pećina na ostrvu Vranjini [cave on Vranjina Island]; Kuščer leg.; NHMW 78990 • Pećina na ostrvu Vranjini [ cave on Vranjina Island ]; Kuščer leg.; NHMW-K 64035 • 3.5 km N of Virpazar, on road to Rijeka Crnojevića , Vidikovac Observation Point; 42.2547° N, 19.0896° E; 150 m alt.; 25 May 2015; T. Deli, Z. Erőss and Z. Fehér leg.; HNHM 103419 • W of Virpazar , 1.2 km from Dupilo, S side of Mt Tor; 42.2527° N, 19.0662° E; 85 m alt.; 20 Oct. 2017; T. Deli, Z. Erőss, A. Hunyadi and B. Páll-Gergely leg.; DT • W of Virpazar , 1.2 km from Dupilo, S side of Mt Tor ; 42.2527° N, 19.0662° E; 85 m alt.; 20 Oct. 2017; T. Deli, Z. Erőss, A. Hunyadi and B. Páll-Gergely leg.; ER • NNW of Virpazar , 0.4 km W of Poseljani, on road to Rijeka Crnojevića ; 42.3060° N, 19.0483° E; 130 m alt.; 20 Oct. 2017; T. Deli, Z. Erőss, A. Hunyadi and B. Páll-Gergely leg.; DT • NNW of Virpazar , 0.4 km W of Poseljani, on road to Rijeka Crnojevića ; 42.3060° N, 19.0483° E; 130 m alt.; 20 Oct. 2017; T. Deli, Z. Erőss, A. Hunyadi and B. Páll-Gergely leg.; ER • Začir , Pečina u Pečkom Brdu, above village ; 20 Jul. 1972; L. Pintér, P. Subai and A. Szigethy leg.; HNHM 72071 • Komarno , Jabukov Do Cave; 3 Jun. 1978; W.J.M. Maassen leg.; NMBE 539837 .

Dimensions

H 1.6–1.9 mm; W 3.0– 3.5 mm.

Distribution

This is the most frequent species of the genus. Its range is northwest of Lake Skadar in Montenegro. The following locations are mentioned in the literature: Velika Jama near Dupilo, Pečina Grbočica near Trnovo, Pečina u Pečkom Brdu near Začir, Pečina Ostrin Vranjini northeast of Virpazar, Babotuša Spilja near Trnovo and Jabukov do Pečina near Komarno ( Gittenberger 1969, 1975). Recently discovered new sites fall within the boundaries of the previously known range. All georeferenced records (and probably the non-georeferenced ones too) came from Lower Triassic limestone ( Fig. 2 ).

Figures

Fig. 1. Shells of species of Virpazaria Gittenberger, 1969. A–F. Virpazaria (Virpazaria) adrianae Gittenberger, 1969, holotype (NHMW-E 57441). G–L. Virpazaria (Virpazaria) backhuysi Gittenberger, 1969, holotype (NHMW-E 48856). Scale bar = 1 mm.

Fig. 2. Distribution of species of Virpazaria Gittenberger, 1969 in the western part of the Balkan Peninsula.