Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 96. (Budapest 2004)

Verdcourt, B.: New and little known species of terrestrial Mollusca from East Africa and Congo (Kinshasa)

Diagnosis - Closely related to Gulella olkokolae ADAM, 1965 but larger and relatively broader and details of basal apertural teeth different. Description - Shell small, oblong-ellipsoid (Fig. 13), apex broadly round, with 6 visible but ac­tually 7 whorls, apparently smooth (and shining); suture not deep; umbilical pit deep behind the shelf. Aperture subquadrate; a strong curved parietal lamella and a prominent outer lamella bearing an api­cal tooth and cutting off a sinus with the parietal tooth; a basal tooth to the left of the base and a columella lamella, thickened at the margin which extends across the outer edge of the peristome. Di­mensions: height 3.2-3.9 mm, breadth 1.3-1.8 mm. Distribution - Tanzania, Kimboza Forest Reserve. Notes - ADAM says of his Gulella olkokolae "ombilic complètement fermé par un callus derrière le peristome". Figs 12-16. 12 = Gulella olkokolae ADAM, 1965, 13 = G. pseudolkokolae sp. n., holotype, 14 = G. eoryi sp. n., paratype, 16 = same, twisted to show outside the body whorl behind aperture (scale bar = 1 mm)

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