Meijeriella canaliculata
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Ordo: Pulmonata
Familia: Enidae
Genus: Meijeriella
Name
Meijeriella canaliculata Bank, 1985 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Type specimens
Holotype NNM 55671 (not checked).
Specimens examined
Vil. Balıkesir, Edremit, Kaz Dağı, Camp Area, 39.67°N, 26.95°E, 800 m alt., 24. July 2004, leg. B. A. Gümüş, NMBE 28360/1 (preserved), NMBE 28359/1 (dry), SMF 330175/1, several specimens in coll. Gümüş.
Description of the genital organs
(Fig. 2, shell size of dissected animal: 11.9 × 3.15 mm). The morphology of the genital organs of the Turkish specimens equals that of the paratype from Lesvos shown by Bank (1985)[1].
Discussion
The shells do not differ from the illustrated holotype from the Island of Lesvos, particularly the canaliculated last whorl is clearly visible. The known distribution of this species was hitherto restricted to the island of Lesvos, where it is abundant (pers. comm. Bank 2011). This is the first record for this species from Turkey and shows that this species has a larger distribution. It mirrors the geological development of the area, since Lesvos is situated in the Eastmediterranean subduction zone and had been connected to the Turkish mainland during the Miocene.
Taxon Treatment
- Gümüş, B; Neubert, E; 2012: New taxa of terrestrial molluscs from Turkey (Gastropoda, Pristilomatidae, Enidae, Hygromiidae, Helicidae) ZooKeys, 171: 17-37. doi
Other References
- ↑ Bank R (1985) Eine neue Enide von der griechischen Insel Mytilini (Gastropoda: Pupillacea). Heldia 1 (2): 41-44.
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