DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15157648
title: Table 5 in 3 D X-ray microscopy (Micro-CT) and SEM reveal Zospeum troglobalcanicum Absolon, 1916 and allied species from the Western Balkans (Ellobioidea: Carychiidae)

description: Table 5 (continued on the next 3 pages). Major differential diagnostic characters revealed by Micro-CT or SEM.
cave populationaperture shape (frontal view)peristome & whorl configuration (ventral view)columellar configuration (aperture facing right)upper internal lamella & position to penultimate whorl (pw) (aperture facing right)upper peristome rim alignment to penultimate whorl (pw) (aperture facing left)parietal shieldperistome notch at upper junction with parietal shieldapical viewteleoconch structureumbilicusproposed assignmentBazgova jama, Brać, HR (NHMW Mol. Coll.Edlauer 19.069)reniform, columellar side oblique, not angularleft side of peristome thickly callused; arches high above & positioned high & to right of umbilical notch; last ¼ whorl not compactcylindrical, centrally aligned; slenderpresent, weak and incomplete; tightly positioned under pwaperture rim ⅛ <width of pwwell defined, curved at max. whorl convexity, long, angular; thickly callused; extends high to periphery of shell (ventral view)present, prominentperistome reflected; notch visibletendency towards costate; irreg. low ribbing behind peristomehint of shallow depression, callusedZospeum amplioscutum Jochum & Ruthensteiner sp. nov.Benetina pećina, Slano, BiH (NHMW Mol. Coll.Edlauer 32.749)reniform, columellar side oblique, angulararches over and oblique to umbilical notch; positioned to right side, last ¼ whorl compactcylindrical, centrally aligned; not slenderpresent, weak and incomplete; tightly positioned under pwaperture rim 1/5 <width of pwwell defined, straight, long, angularpresent, prominentperistome slightly reflected; apertural notch visibleirregularly costate; irreg. low ribbing behind peristomedepressionlectotype Z. troglobalcanicum Absolon, 1916Biokovo, Dalmatia, HR, kl. Grotte bei Vereinshaus (NHMW Mol. Coll.Edlauer 16.390)reniform, columellar side oblique, not angularleft side of peristome thickly callused; arches above & positioned to right of umbilical notch; last ¼ whorl not compactcylindrical, centrally aligned; Fat, slightly less than ⅓ width of body whorllamellar bulge; lamella visible on dorsal & aperture left viewsaperture rim ca 1/7 <width of pwwell defined, straight, angularpresentperistome slightly reflected; apertural notch visibleirregularly costate; Body whorl coiling uniform with rest of spire; irreg. low ribbing behind peristome; weak radial bandingdepression, callused, puckeredZ. biokovoense Jochum & Ruthensteiner sp. nov.Brikinjava špilja, Biokovo, Dalmatian, HR (NHMW Mol. Coll.Edlauer 16.693)ovate reniform, columellar side expanded, roundish, not angularp. simple, left side of peristome callused, arches high above and oblique to umbilical notch; last ¼ whorl not compactcylindrical, centrally aligned; not slendernot present in shell of Fig. 13A–B, D–E; partially present in shell of Fig. 13G–H, JFig. 13E: aperture rim 1/7 <width of pw; Fig 13K: aperture rim 1/10 <width of pwwell defined, straight, angularpresent, prominentperistome widely reflected; apertural notch prominentirregularly costate; body whorl (upper right side) tucked under spire; irreg. low ribbing behind peristome; weak radial bandingshallow depression, puckeredZ. constrictum Jochum & Ruthensteiner sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Jochum, Adrienne, Michalik, Peter, Inäbnit, Thomas, Kneubühler, Jeannette, Slapnik, Rajko, Vrabec, Marko, Schilthuizen, Menno & Ruthensteiner, Bernhard, 2024, 3 D X-ray microscopy (Micro-CT) and SEM reveal Zospeum troglobalcanicum Absolon, 1916 and allied species from the Western Balkans (Ellobioidea: Carychiidae), pp. 17 in European Journal of Taxonomy 926 on page 17, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.926.2469, http://zenodo.org/record/10847806