Dale,
Two spp per Espinosa, José and Jesus Ortega "Molluscos terrestres del
archipiélago cubano" in Avicennia, 1999, Suplemento 2:1-137.
They list (their number 747) Tomelasmus coloratus coloratus (Arango, 1882)
from Sierra de la Chorrera (Pinar del Rio) and one other subspecies T.
coloratus minaensis Jaume et Torre, 1976 from Mogote La Mina (Pinar del Rio)
They list (their number 755) T. sauvalleanus (Gundlach, 1856) from Rangel,
Santa Cruz de los Pinos (Pinar del Rio).
There are no descriptions nor photographs in their work. Fortunately, the
latter sp matches your surprisingly good locality data for land shells.
Alan Gettleman
Merritt Island, FL
-----Original Message-----
From: Dale Snyder
Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 11:59 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [CONCH-L] Cuban Urocopt land snails
Can anyone tell me whether these two names are synonyms or if they are
different snails?
I have some shells from Rangel, Pinar del Rio, Cuba. some are light, some
grayish, but otherwise appear to be the same, so I am guessing that they are
the same species.
In Abbott's Compendium of Land Snails the shells are identified as
Gongylostoma colorata, Arango, 1882. While trying to identify other Urocopts
I found what appears to the the same shell on Femorale identified as
Urocoptis sauvelleana, Gundlach, 1856.
Checking other sites for photos, I'm not finding them under Gongylostoma,
and sites such as Worldwide... link back to the Femoral site for pictures of
U. sauvelleana.
If the snails are not the same, could someone send me a copy of the
descriptions of them? And if they are synonymous, am I correct to use
Gongylostoma as the current classification?
Thanks,
Dale Snyder
Mesa, Arizona
----------------------------------------------------------------------
[log in to unmask] - a forum for informal discussions on molluscs
To leave this list, click on the following web link:
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=conch-l&A=1
Type your email address and name in the appropriate box and
click leave the list.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
[log in to unmask] - a forum for informal discussions on molluscs
To leave this list, click on the following web link:
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=conch-l&A=1
Type your email address and name in the appropriate box and
click leave the list.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
