Elia (Caucasica) ossetica (Mousson, 1863)

Figures 4E, 5C

Clausilia somchetica var. ossetica - Mousson 1863: p. 399

Type locality.

"Koischet" (unidentified site, likely on the northern slopes of the Greater Caucasus near the border between Chechnya and Dagestan, in Russia).

Distribution.

Central regions of the Greater Caucasus, as well as the Lesser Caucasus between Borjomi (Samtskhe-Javakheti Region) and Lake Sevan (Armenia).

Habitat.

Moist mountain forests and rocky subalpine meadows up to 2500 m; among leaf litter, in rock crevices and under stones.

Occurrence data.

Mtskheta - Mtianeti • N42.6979°, E44.6188°; 1910 m; leg. LM, 2017 (ISU) • N42.5377°, E44.4927°; 2280 m; leg. LM, 2017 (ISU) • N42.4858°, E44.4788°; 2440 m; leg. OD-IS, 2009 (IS, MS) • N42.4148°, 44.5500°; 1690 m; leg. LM, 2010 (ISU) • N42.3105°, E45.1229°; 1490 m; leg. LM, 2010 (ISU). Kakheti • N42.2368°, E45.3386°; 900 m; leg. JG-LM-MS, 2021 (ISU, MS) • N42.2229°, E45.3020°; 810 m; leg. DM, 2019 (HNHM 104475) • N41.8759°, E45.3564°; 1080 m; leg. LM, 2010 (ISU). Shida Kartli • N41.8359°, E44.2441°; 1100 m; leg. LM, 2009 (ISU).