Virpazaria (Virpazaria) pageti pageti Gittenberger, 1969

Fehér, Zoltán, Deli, Tamás, Erőss, Zoltán P. & Lika, Romilda, 2019, Taxonomic revision of the subterranean genus Virpazaria Gittenberger, 1969 (Gastropoda, Spelaeodiscidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 558, pp. 1-25 : 14

Virpazaria (Virpazaria) pageti pageti Gittenberger, 1969

Fig. 5 F–M

Virpazaria (Virpazaria) pageti Gittenberger, 1969: 301–302 , fig. 6.

Virpazaria pageti alexanderi P.L. Reischütz & Subai in Reischütz et al., 2012: 32 , fig. 1.

Virpazaria (Virpazaria) pageti – Gittenberger 1988: 424 . — Welter-Schultes 2012: 212, unnumbered fig. Virpazaria cf. pageti – Reischütz et al. 2011: 58 , fig. 3.

Virpazaria pageti pageti – Reischütz et al. 2012: 33 , fig. 3.

Diagnosis

Discoid shell, barely raised spire, body whorl silhouette rounded. Aperture narrow crescent-shaped. Peristome not thickened, without teeth or knobs. Parietal flap sharp-edged, directly connected with palatal peristome, detached from penultimate whorl (looks like a deformed tube).

Material examined

Holotype ( V. pageti )

MONTENEGRO • “Bocche di Cattaro, Sutorina Mündung (Genist)” [ Kotor Bay , in debris at mouth of Sutorina rivulet]; “ Trissexodon Käufeli Typus”; Käufel leg.; NHMW-E 47864 .

Holotype (V. p. alexanderi )

CROATIA • Kotor Bay, Prevlaka Peninsula, near Prevlaka Village, between Osti rt and border station at Njivice ; Mar. 2010; A., N. and P.L. Reischütz leg.; NHMW 108106 .

Paratypes ( V. pageti )

MONTENEGRO • 1 spec.; same collection data as for holotype; NHMW-E 47864 a.

Paratypes (V. p. alexanderi )

CROATIA • 1 spec.; same collection data as for holotype; NMBE 539847 • 2 ad., 15 juv.; Reischütz private collection [not seen].

Other material

CROATIA • Prevlaka Peninsula , 1.5 km from Croatian border station to Fort Prevlaka; 42.4181° N, 18.5132° E [≈ type locality of V. alexanderi ]; 60 m alt.; 17 Jul. 2018; Z. Erőss, T. Fehér and Z. Fehér leg.; HNHM 104391 .

MONTENEGRO • Igalo , W of Herceg Novi , S of Sutorina-Njivice-Igalo junction , limestone rock cavity; 19 Sep. 2005; P. Subai leg.; HNHM 102250 • Prevlaka Peninsula , Igalo ( near Herceg-Novi ), W side of bay at Žvinje junction ; 42.4455° N, 18.5050° E; 50 m alt.; 29 May 2015; T. Deli, Z. Erőss and Z. Fehér leg.; HNHM 103427 • same collection data as for preceding; NHMW 110430/MN/0990 • beneath Žvinje on serpentine road ; 42.4460° N, 18.5029° E; 160 m alt.; 17 Jul. 2018; Z. Erőss, T. Fehér and Z. Fehér leg.; HNHM 104390 • Njivice , ca 2 km from Igalo junction; 42.4316° N, 18.5170° E; 60 m alt.; 18 Jul. 2017; Z. Erőss and Z. Fehér leg.; HNHM 104395 .

Dimensions

H 1.3–1.9 mm; W 2.1–3.2 mm.

Figures

Fig. 5. Shells of species of Virpazaria Gittenberger, 1969. A–E. Virpazaria (Virpazaria) nicoleae Reischütz & Reischütz, 2012, holotype (NHMW 108113). F–M. Virpazaria (Virpazaria) pageti Gittenberger, 1969. F–I. Between Fort Prevlaka and the border station (HNHM 104391). J–M. Igalo (HNHM 102250). Scale bar = 1 mm.