Chondrina marjae, Kokshoorn & Gittenberger, 2010

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 : 35

Chondrina marjae spec. nov. (pl. 12 fig.G)

Material.— Spain, Valencia, S-side of Xativa ; 160 m alt.; UTM YJ1317 .

Type series: RMNH 109863 / holotype, 103250/ 25 paratypes .

Description.—Shell brownish, moderately slender conical to rather thickset; with very fine radial striae, which are more obsolete and irregular at the lower whorls. Aperture about as high as broad, with a broadly rounded base, without teeth. Apertural lip somewhat thickened, not reflexed or flattened. Shell height 5.2–5.7 mm; width 2.4–2.6 mm.

Notes.—Conchologically this species is similar to C. farinesii , differing mainly by the more roundish aperture, which is somewhat higher than broad in C. farinesii . For the time being we restrict this species to the sample for which DNA data are available. Taking the diversity in Chondrina species into account, we refrain from presenting facts about the actual range of this species on the basis of conchological characters only.

Derivatio nominis.—The epithet marjae refers to Ms. Marja van Schoor, who contributed substantially to our knowledge of the Iberian chondrinids by an unpublished report on these snails, written on the basis of material that she collected and analysed together with Ms. I. Erkelens.