Virpazaria (Aemiliella) ripkeni subsp. ripkeni Gittenberger 1969
Creators: name: Fehér, Zoltán
name: Deli, Tamás
name: Erőss, Zoltán P.
name: Lika, Romilda
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Stylommatophora
Spelaeodiscidae
Virpazaria
Virpazaria ripkeni
Virpazaria (aemiliella) ripkeni ripkeni gittenberger, 1969

description: Virpazaria (Aemiliella) ripkeni ripkeni Gittenberger, 1969
Fig. 6 A–L
Virpazaria (Aemiliella) ripkeni Gittenberger, 1969: 302–303, fig. 7.
Virpazaria (Aemiliella) pastorpueri A. Reischütz, N. Reischütz & P. L. Reischütz, 2011: 57, figs 1–2.
Virpazaria (Aemiliella) ripkeni – Welter-Schultes 2012: 212.
Virpazaria (Aemiliella) ripkeni pastorpueri – Gittenberger 2015: 24, figs 3–4.
Diagnosis
Discoid shell, somewhat raised spire. Crescent-shaped aperture, thin but prominent parietal flap. Except for sinus area entire peristome thickened, with three protrusions: upper one is external end of palatal lamella, which reaches deeply inside (more than 1/10 of a whorl) and melts into a callous structure (which is often non-parallel with palatal lamella); middle one is external end of basal lamella, which reaches deeply inside (more than 1/10 of a whorl); lower one is a small denticle at half way between columellar insertion and basal lamella.
Material examined
Holotype (V. ripkeni)
MONTENEGRO • “Soko Höhle bei Dupilo westl. von Virpazar, Jugosl.” [W of Virpazar, Velika Jama, at Mt Soko near Dupilo = same type locality as for V. adrianae, but see Remarks]; NHMW 77153.
Holotype (V. pastorpueri)
ALBANIA • Drisht, small cave beneath ruins of Drisht; Jul. 2010; A. Reischütz, N. Reischütz and P.L. Reischütz leg.; NHMW 107855.
Paratypes (V. ripkeni)
MONTENEGRO • 6 spec.; same collection data as for holotype; “ Trissexodon kusceri Montenegro Pečina Grbočica bei Virpazar”[original Edlauer label]; NHMW 77153 a • 1 spec.; same collection data as for holotype; RMNH 53302.
Paratypes (V. pastorpueri)
ALBANIA • 1 spec.; same collection data as for holotype; NMBE 539850 • further spec.; same collection data as for holotype; Reischütz collection [not seen].
Other material
ALBANIA • Shkodër District, Gadoc, on Velipojë–Baks–Rjollë road, near Kruni i Gadocit; 41.8980° N, 19.4425° E; 3 m alt.; 27 May 2015; T. Deli, Z. Erőss and Z. Fehér leg.; HNHM 103429 • same collection data as for preceding; NHMW 110430/MN/0991 • 2 km W of Baks-Rjollë, on road to Velipojë; 41.8763° N, 19.4592° E; 10 m alt.; 28 May 2015; T. Deli, Z. Erőss and Z. Fehér leg.; HNHM 103431 • same collection data as for preceding; NHMW 110430/MN/0992 • 3 km W of Baks–Rjollë, Kruni i Baksit; 41.8831° N, 19.4533° E; 5 m alt.; 28 May 2015; T. Deli, Z. Erőss and Z. Fehér leg.; HNHM 103433 • same collection data as for preceding; NHMW 110430/MN/0993 • Qafë Shtiqë (Renc Mt), on Shkodër–Velipojë road; 41.9161° N, 19.4268° E; 50 m alt.; 28 May 2015; T. Deli, Z. Erőss and Z. Fehér leg.; HNHM 103435 • same collection data as for preceding; NHMW 110430/MN/0994 • Malkolaj, at Torovicë junction on Shkodër–Velipojë road; 41.9270° N, 19.4387° E; 2 m alt.; 28 May 2015; T. Deli, Z. Erőss and Z. Fehér leg.; HNHM 103437 • same collection data as for preceding; NHMW 110430/MN/0995 • Shkodër District, Drisht, E slope of Kalaja e Drishtit [type locality of V. pastorpueri]; 42.1248° N, 19.6150° E; 190 m alt.; 4 Jul. 2015; Z. Erőss, Z. Fehér and J. Grego leg.; HNHM 103439 • same collection data as for preceding; NHMW 110430/MN/0996 • Drisht, right bank of Kiri River at Shpellë Korbe; 42.1250° N, 19.6031° E; 90 m alt.; 14 Jul. 2018; T. Fehér, Z. Fehér and R. Lika leg.; HNHM 104392.
MONTENEGRO • 1 spec.; same collection data as for holotype; “Albanien Velika Jama bei Soko Dupilo Umgebung von Virpazar lg. Dabović Trissexodon kusceri n. sp. Smmlg. Edlauer 57441”, “Innenfallen der Aussenwand der Mündung Virpazar, Smmlg. Edlauer”[original Edlauer labels]; on label indicated as paratype; NHMW 77154.
Dimensions
H 1.5–2.25 mm; W 2.7–4.0 mm (see Remarks for V. (A.) r. arbeni).
description: Published as part of Fehér, Zoltán, Deli, Tamás, Erőss, Zoltán P. & Lika, Romilda, 2019, Taxonomic revision of the subterranean genus Virpazaria Gittenberger, 1969 (Gastropoda, Spelaeodiscidae), pp. 1-25 in European Journal of Taxonomy 558 on pages 19-21, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.558, http://zenodo.org/record/3474974