Grossuana angeltsekovi Glöer & Georgiev, 2009

Georgiev, Dilian, 2013, First record of Grossuana angeltsekovi Glöer & Georgiev, 2009 (Gastropoda: Risooidea) from Greece, ZooNotes 2013 (37), pp. 1-4 : 2

Grossuana angeltsekovi Glöer & Georgiev, 2009

Material examined: 15 ex., Karstic spring, Rodopi county , Papikio Oros, near Vronti (= 4 km N of Kerasia) (445 m), leg. Dányi, Erőss, Fehér, Kontschán, Murányi, 2007.04.04 .

Description of the Greek specimens. The shell and the penis morphology of the specimens from Greek Rhodopes were very similar to those mentioned by Glöer & Georgiev (2009). The elongated conical shell is whitish to light horn-colored and consists of 4-4.5 whorls that are slightly rounded with a weak suture. The apex is very small, the umbilicus is narrow. The aperture is oval and slightly angled at the top, with a sharp periostome, which is thickened at the columella. ( Fig. 1 ) The penis is small, thin, with narrow base, and sharply pointed at the top, with a dark spot near the tip ( Fig. 2 ).

In addition the female genitalia of the specimens from the Hungarian Natural History Museum is characterised by pear shaped bursa copulatrix and two seminal receptacles with short ducts (dissection results by Dr Marco Bodon).

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Figures

Fig. 1. Shell (left) and female (right) genitalia of a specimen dissected by Marco Bodon (drawing by M. Bodon) from the same locality.

Fig. 2. Penis of Grossuana angeltsekovi from Greece: 1 – right side, 2 – light microscope picture of the outgrowth (40x).