Sesteria gallandi Bourguignat, 1884 (Mollusca, Pulmonata, Buliminoidea, Enidae)'ün Yeniden Saptanmas›

Kara salyangozu Sesteria gallandi Bourguignat, 1884 yeniden saptanm›flt›r. Bu türün tan›m› bir tek bofl kavk› üzerinde yap›lm›fl, daha sonra kaybolan bu kavk› tekrar bulunamamifltir. ‹lk tan›m›n verildi¤i çal›flmada lokalite tam olarak belirtilmemifltir. Bu tür, Mayis 2000 de, Mardin ili Cizre - Idil - Midyat yolu üzerinde Sariköy köyü civar›ndaki ormanl›k alanda yeniden saptanm›flt›r.

Rediscovery of Sesteria gallandi Bourguignat, 1884 (Mollusca, Pulmonata, Buliminoidea, Enidae)

Rediscovery of the land-snail Sesteria gallandi Bourguignat, 1884 is reported. The original description was based on only one empty shell, which later was lost and never found again, and the exact type locality in Turkey was unknown. Now we found this species in Mardin Province near the village of Sariköy on the Cizre - İdil - Midyat road 20 km after İdil in the forest, in May 2000.