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Zospeum zaldivarae Prieto, De Winter, Weigand, Gómez & Jochum 2015

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Measurements are provided in Table 2. Holotype dimensions and summary of shell measurements (mean, maximum (max), minimum (min), and standard deviation (sd)) of type material of Zospeum zaldivarae sp. n.: SH – shell height, SW – shell width, HLW – height of last whorl, PH – peristome height, PD – peristome diameter, SA – spire angle, W – number of whorls, CT– coiling tightness. SA in degrees, other measurements in mm. SH SW HLW PH PW SA W SH/SW HLW/SH PH/SH CT PH/PW holotype 1.52 1.25 0.96 0.78 0.73 70 5.4 1.22 0.63 0.51 12.9 1.07 mean 1.50 1.16 0.94 0.73 0.69 66.60 5.53 1.29 0.63 0.49 13.90 1.06 max 1.66 1.25 1.02 0.80 0.78 75.00 6.20 1.42 0.67 0.52 16.70 1.17 min 1.39 1.06 0.83 0.68 0.60 60.00 5.15 1.21 0.58 0.46 11.81 1.00 sd 0.070 0.063 0.056 0.041 0.051 3.888 0.268 0.072 0.025 0.020 1.397 0.048 Shell minute, turbinate-conical, with approximately 5 ½ regularly coiled, convex, rounded whorls; shell transparent when fresh, chalky white with age, comparatively large, rather variable in shape; teleoconch sculpture of irregular axial striae or blunt growth lines, often crossed by an equally superficial spiral element, some distinct axial ribbing may be present for a short distance immediately behind palatal-basal lip; last whorl large and tumid, encompassing ca. 2/3 of shell height; aperture lunate; peristome somewhat higher than wide, closely adhering to spire, taking up about half of the shell height, angular, with a thin, straight parietal callus; apertural dentition usually consisting of a small, short lamella on the parietal wall and a tooth on the parietal-columellar corner of the peristome (barely conspicuous in frontal view (Fig. 6A), best discernable in a slightly oblique, apertural view (Fig. 6D)); apertural barriers can however, be entirely absent (Fig. 7D); columella with a single, low, lamella-like dilatation (Fig. 7G), only visible in body whorl at some distance from the aperture.
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Adrienne Jochum, Anton J. de Winter, Alexander M. Weigand, Benjamín Gómez, Carlos Prieto
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Jochum A, de Winter A, Weigand A, Gómez B, Prieto C (2015) Two new species of Zospeum Bourguignat, 1856 from the Basque-Cantabrian Mountains, Northern Spain (Eupulmonata, Ellobioidea, Carychiidae) ZooKeys (483): 81–96
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Adrienne Jochum
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Anton J. de Winter
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Alexander M. Weigand
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Benjamín Gómez
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Carlos Prieto
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Only known from the type locality.
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Adrienne Jochum, Anton J. de Winter, Alexander M. Weigand, Benjamín Gómez, Carlos Prieto
bibliographic citation
Jochum A, de Winter A, Weigand A, Gómez B, Prieto C (2015) Two new species of Zospeum Bourguignat, 1856 from the Basque-Cantabrian Mountains, Northern Spain (Eupulmonata, Ellobioidea, Carychiidae) ZooKeys (483): 81–96
author
Adrienne Jochum
author
Anton J. de Winter
author
Alexander M. Weigand
author
Benjamín Gómez
author
Carlos Prieto
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Zookeys