Ampelita milloti : Fischer-Piette 1952

Ampelita milloti Fischer-Piette, 1952 Figs 17C, 17D, 18, 25E Ampelita milloti: Fischer-Piette 1952: 34, pl. 3, figs 31–34; Fischer-Piette et al. 1994: 123, pl. 15, figs 1–4. Type loc.: ‘ Gorge de Salapango [= Salapanga], Bemaraha’, Madagascar. Morphological notes: External features (Fig. 25E): Head-foot uniformly dark, charcoal-grey to black; skin texture uniformly granular throughout; lining of mantle cavity heavily pigmented with black and patterned with pale circular blotches (observations based on a single livecollected individual). Distal genitalia: The single preserved specimen available (shell diameter 19.2 mm) possessed an immature reproductive tract. The distal genitalia were thus poorly developed and inadequate for comparative study. From what could be seen of the penis, it appeared similar to that of A. namerokoensis. Locality data: Antsingimavo: st’ns 4/06, 8/06 (all subfossil). Tsingy Beanka: st’ns 12/06, 14/06, 16/06, 18/06, 02/09, 06/09, 07/09, 08/09, 01/10, 06/10, 07/10, 08/10, 09/10. Tsingy de Bemaraha: st’ns 07/95, 10/95, 14/95, 18/95, 19/95, 9/96, 10/96, 12/96. South bank of Tsiribihina River: st’ns 01/99LP, 02/99LP. Distribution: Evidently a narrowly endemic species, currently known only from the south bank of Tsiribihina River, Tsingy de Bemaraha and Tsingy Beanka. Subfossil at Antsingimavo where it now appears to be locally extinct. Habitat: Living specimens are most commonly found amongst limestone rocks and in leaf-litter. In Tsingy Beanka, it occurs predominantly in the taller, moister forests of the southern part. Remarks: Shell lenticular, of moderate size (max. diameter