Cochlostoma (Turritus) kontschani Zallot & Kamchev & Schilthuizen & Fehér & Mattia & Gittenberger 2024, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Zallot, Enrico
name: Kamchev, Panche
name: Schilthuizen, Menno
name: Fehér, Zoltán
name: Mattia, Willy De
name: Gittenberger, Edmund
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Architaenioglossa
Cochlostomatidae
Cochlostoma
Cochlostoma kontschani

description: Cochlostoma (T.) kontschani sp. nov.
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Figs 44 (white dots), 45E–H, 51–52
Differential diagnosis
Cochlostoma (T.) mnelense has a female genital morphology with a long, almost tubular and slim seminal receptacle, whereas it is short, with a simplified loop path, in the new taxon. Cochlostoma (T.) muranyii sp. nov. has much thinner and regular ribs. Although often not clearly visible, in C. (T.) kontschani sp. nov. the columellar lobe is deeply indented.
Etymology
The species is dedicated to Jenő Kontschán, a leading figure in Hungarian agro-zoological research, once an enthusiastic mite taxonomist, who used to have time to participate in some of the field trips where this species was collected.
Types
Holotype
ALBANIA • ♀; 1- Mat district, Shkëmb i Skanderbeut, gorge of Lumi i Varoshit; 41.6465° N, 20.1901° E; 970 m a.s.l.; Barina, Fehér, Murányi, Pifkó and Ujvári leg.; May 2010; HNHM99656a/1.
Paratypes
ALBANIA • 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for holotype; HNHM99656b/2 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for holotype; HNHM99656b/3.
Other specimens
ALBANIA • 2- Lumi i Varoshit 975; 41.6186° N, 20.151° E; 2005; Deli, Erőss, Fehér and Murányi leg.; HNHM97139 • 3- Macukull 1939; 41.6902° N, 20.1659° E; 2009; Barina and Pifkó leg.; HNHM97131 • 4- Macukull 1702; 41.6886° N, 20.1557° E; 2009; Barina and Pifkó leg.; HNHM97130 • 5- Macukull 1472; 41.6908° N, 20.1468° E; 2009; Barina and Pifkó leg.; HNHM97129 • 6- 3 km W of Qafa e Murrës; 41.6186° N, 20.151° E; 2003; Erőss, Fehér, Kontschán and Murányi leg.; HNHM97125 • 7- Macukull 1280; 41.6971° N, 20.1362° E; 2010; Fehér, Murányi and Ujvári leg.; HNHM99324 • 8- Lumi I Varoshit 1540; 41.6747° N, 20.2112° E; 2010; Fehér, Murányi and Ujvári leg.; HNHM99657 • 9- Selishtë; 41.627° N, 20.2713° E; 2003; Erőss, Fehér, Kontschán and Murányi leg.; HNHM99876 • 1- Pr i Setës; 41.7529° N, 20.2522° E; 2015; Erőss, Fehér and Grego leg.; NHMW110430/MN/0328, HNHM 99787 • 2- Pr i Setës gorge 710; 41.7508° N, 20.2528° E; 2006; Erőss, Fehér, Hunyadi and Murányi leg.; HNHM97141.
Type locality
ALBANIA • 1- Mat district, Shkëmb i Skanderbeut, gorge of Lumi i Varoshit; 970 m a.s.l.; 41.6465° N, 20.1901° E.
Description
SHELL. Closely spaced riblets on last part of protoconch. Teleoconch spotless, with rather strong ribs. Quite developed and strong lip with wide, abruptly inwardly curved or indented columellar lobe covering umbilicus.
MEASUREMENTS. 16 ♀♀: whorls =7.1–8, H = 7.1–8.8 mm, H/W=2.42–3.05, roundness=0.13–0.2, ribs incl.= 54–68°, apert. incl.= 13–24°, ribs/mm 1 st wh.= 4–12, ribs/mm 4 th wh.=6–15.
FEMALE GENITAL ORGANS. Ventral connection of pedunculus to bursa copulatrix. Short seminal receptacle confined to ventral side of body with 2–3 loops close to apex. Junction of uterus gland close to connetion between distal oviduct and pedunculus.
Remarks
These samples come from an area located in the Burrel and Dibrë districts. They are closely related with each other (p-distances =0.0–0.5%). The samples from “Pr. i Setës” have a very distinctive shell morphology (Fig. 52F).
description: Published as part of Zallot, Enrico, Kamchev, Panche, Schilthuizen, Menno, Fehér, Zoltán, Mattia, Willy De & Gittenberger, Edmund, 2024, Cochlostoma Jan, 1830 revised: an overview of the subgenus Turritus Westerlund, 1883 and its species (Caenogastropoda, Cochlostomatidae), pp. 1-163 in European Journal of Taxonomy 927 on pages 60-62, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.927.2475, http://zenodo.org/record/10853688