Abbottella (Abbottella) samanensis Bartsch, 1946

Watters, G. Thomas, 2013, New taxa and distributional notes on Abbottella and related taxa (Gastropoda: Littorinoidea: Annulariidae), Zootaxa 3646 (1), pp. 1-22 : 16

Abbottella (Abbottella) samanensis Bartsch, 1946

Figures 4 F–I, 9 B

Type material. USNM 504090, holotype.

Type locality. Cape Samaná, Dominican Republic.

Other material examined. GTW 7085d, along Rt. 5 between Santa Bárbara de Samaná and Sánchez, Samaná Province, Dominican Republic; GTW 7085c, Sánchez, Samaná Province, Dominican Republic; GTW 14791a, Samaná Peninsula, Samaná Province, Dominican Republic.

Distribution and habitat. Southern coast of the Samaná Peninsula in the Sierra de Samaná of the Cordillera Septentrional. Live snails have been found in leaf litter.

Comparison with other species. Abbottella samanensis is immediately identified by its peculiar enrolled outer lip on the axial side. Abbottella sanchezi ( Figure 4 J–N) is very similar but lacks this characteristic.

Figures

FIGURE 4. A – E. Abbottella (Abbottella) rosaliae (Pfeiffer, 1858). A – C. UF 216191, 9.2 mm width. D. UF 216135, 9.9 mm width. E. UF 216125, 9.3 mm width. F – I. Abbottella (Abbottella) samanensis Bartsch, 1946. F – H. GTW 7085 c, 8.7 mm width. I. GTW 7085 d, 8.0 mm width. J – N. Abbottella (Abbottella) sanchezi Bartsch, 1946. J – L. UF 216154, 9.1 mm width. M. UF 216154, 8.1 mm width. N. UF 216154, 7.6 mm width. O – S. Abbottella (Abbottella) sosuaensis Bartsch, 1946. O – Q. UF 218136, 6.9 mm width. R. UF 218136, 7.7 mm width. S. GTW 9431 a, 7.6 mm width. T – X. Abbottella (Abbottella) wilhelmi (Pfeiffer, 1858). T – V. UF 216150, 8.5 mm width. W. UF 216150, 8 mm width. X. UF 216150, 7.6 mm width. Y – CC. Lagopoma lagopoma Bartsch, 1946. Y – AA. GTW 10081 a, 9.7 mm width. BB. GTW 10081 a, 7.6 mm width. CC. UF 216120, 7.7 mm width.