Nitor subrugata ( Reeve, 1852 )

Hyman, Isabel T. & Ponder, Winston F., 2010, A morphological phylogenetic analysis and generic revision of Australian Helicarionidae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Stylommatophora), and an assessment of the relationships of the family 2462, Zootaxa 2462 (1), pp. 1-148 : 61-62

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2462.1.1

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scientific name

Nitor subrugata ( Reeve, 1852 )
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Nitor subrugata ( Reeve, 1852) View in CoL

Figures 18F View FIGURE 18 , 19F–G View FIGURE 19 , 20E–F View FIGURE 20 , 21F–G View FIGURE 21 , 22B View FIGURE 22 , 23A–B View FIGURE 23

Helix subrugata Reeve, 1852 : pl. 128, sp. 773.

Nanina View in CoL (T halassia) subrugata: Albers & Martens, 1860: 59 ; Pfeiffer & Clessin, 1881: 47.

? Helix graftonensis Cox, 1864 [page not numbered].

? Helix clarencensis Cox, 1865: 594 .

Helix (Rhyssota) subrugata: Cox, 1868: 4 , pl. 9, figs 2, 2a.

Microcystis marmorata: Odhner, 1917: 78 , figs 30a, 31.

Nitor subrugatus: Iredale, 1937c: 2 View in CoL ; Iredale, 1941: 3, fig. 7.

Nitor subrugata helmsianus Iredale, 1941: 3 View in CoL .

Nitor subrugata: Smith, 1992: 239 View in CoL .

Synonymy follows Iredale (1937c); Smith (1992).

Material examined. New South Wales, Australia: Syntypes: BMNH 1982236 (one shell measured), Australia .

Other material: AM C101140 ( N. subrugata helmsianus syntypes) (one shell measured, photographed), E of Lismore , Wollongbar (28º49' S, 153º24' E), pre 1941 GoogleMaps , R. Helms ; AM C333711 (one shell measured, photographed), Grafton , Clarence River (29º41' S, 152º57' E), pre 1912 GoogleMaps ; AM C334537 (one specimen dissected), N of Lismore , Whian Whian State Forest, Red Scrub Flora Reserve (28º38' S, 153º20' E), complex notophyll vine forest, 15 May 1976, I. Loch, P.H. Colman GoogleMaps .

Description. External morphology: Shell ( Figures 19F–G View FIGURE 19 , 20E–F View FIGURE 20 , 21F–G View FIGURE 21 ) 5.3 whorls, light yellowbrown; whorl profile flattened above and rounded below angulate periphery; umbilicus open, very narrow Ushape; otherwise shell shape and sculpture as for genus. Animal yellow. Right mantle lap very short, narrow, finger-shaped; left mantle lap absent; mantle lobes as for genus. Caudal horn moderately large; caudal foss vertical slit in tail.

Mantle cavity: As for genus. Mantle with no pigmentation.

Digestive system: As for genus.

Genital system ( Figures 18F View FIGURE 18 , 22B View FIGURE 22 , 23A–B View FIGURE 23 ): As for genus. Bursa copulatrix internally smooth. Epiphallus enters penis through short verge; penis internally smooth, four to five longitudinal penis pilasters present. Penial sheath present, enclosing only penis. Epiphallus longer than penis, internally with longitudinal pilasters. Spermatophore as for genus.

Radula: Not examined.

Range and habitat. Nitor subrugata ranges from around Grafton in northern New South Wales to Mt. Tamborine, Queensland, although some specimens are known from further south, around Dungog (AM C374283, AM C 374285). It has been found in notophyll and microphyll vine forest, rainforest, wet sclerophyll forest and scrubs, under logs and rocks and in leaf litter.

Remarks. Nitor helmsianus and N. graftonensis (= clarencensis ) have been synonymised with N. subrugata , following Smith (1992). Nitor helmsianus was originally described as a subspecies of N. subrugata based on its smaller size, higher spire, darker colour with less marked plications and narrower umbilicus. Examination of shells from throughout the range of N. subrugata and measurements of the type material of N. helmsianus and N. subrugata show little difference in size and shape, so Smith’s (1992) synonymy of the two species is followed here.

Nitor graftonensis and N. clarencensis were described by Cox (1864, 1865) in consecutive years. Neither species was illustrated, but both had identical descriptions with the only difference being the specific name used. While it is probable that the two names are synonyms, the types of both species have been lost, which in the absence of figures makes it impossible to accurately determine their status. However, because the dimensions given (diameter 12 mm, height 7 mm, number of whorls 5.5) match those of N. subrugata , the aperture is described as angular and the locality correlates, we treat these names as probable synonyms of N. subrugata .

AM

Australian Museum

R

Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Stylommatophora

Family

Helicarionidae

Genus

Nitor

Loc

Nitor subrugata ( Reeve, 1852 )

Hyman, Isabel T. & Ponder, Winston F. 2010
2010
Loc

Nitor subrugata: Smith, 1992: 239

Smith, B. J. 1992: 239
1992
Loc

Nitor subrugata helmsianus

Iredale, T. 1941: 3
1941
Loc

Nitor subrugatus:

Iredale, T. 1941: 3
Iredale, T. 1937: 2
1937
Loc

Microcystis marmorata: Odhner, 1917: 78

Odhner, N. H. J. 1917: 78
1917
Loc

Helix (Rhyssota) subrugata:

Cox, J. C. 1868: 4
1868
Loc

Helix clarencensis

Cox, J. C. 1865: 594
1865
Loc

Nanina

Pfeiffer, L. & Clessin, S. 1881: 47
Albers, J. C. & Martens, E. von 1860: 59
1860
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