Rupestrella Monterosato, 1894

Kokshoorn, Bas & Gittenberger, Edmund, 2010, Chondrinidae taxonomy revisited: New synonymies, new taxa, and a checklist of species and subspecies (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata) 2539, Zootaxa 2539 (1), pp. 1-62 : 40

Rupestrella Monterosato, 1894

Type species (by original designation): Bulimus rupestris Philippi, 1836 .

Notes.— Rupestrella still is the most poorly known genus in the family. The molecular data place this genus as the sister-group next to Abida (see Kokshoorn 2008: 34). Additional morphological and molecular work is necessary but the material to enable such studies is not (yet) available, in particular not for the African taxa. Pilsbry (1918: 332–356) provisionally accepted 16 species, 5 of which are endemic to Sicily and 8 are endemic to northern Africa. Beckmann (2002) recognized 4 species as endemic to Sicily, with 11 subspecific taxa in total.To stabilize the nomenclature of the two most widespread species, viz. R. philippii and R. rhodia , a lectotype is here selected for the former species. Additionally we present an uncritical, annotated list of currently recognized Rupestrella taxa.