The family Plectopylidae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) in Laos with the description of two new genera and a new species

Previously only a single plectopylid species, Helix laomontana L. Pfeiffer, 1862 was reported from Laos. Here we erect Naggsia Páll-Gergely & Muratov, gen. n. for Helix laomontana based on the description of its reproductive anatomy and radula. Another species, Hunyadiscus saurini Páll-Gergely,...

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Published inZooKeys Vol. 592; no. 592; pp. 1 - 26
Main Authors Páll-Gergely, Barna, Muratov, Igor V, Asami, Takahiro
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 25.05.2016
Subjects
Anatomy
Genera
Identification and classification
New genera
New species
Physiological aspects
Pulmonata
Zoology
Laos
new species
radula
new genus
Taxonomy
anatomy
protoconch
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Summary:Previously only a single plectopylid species, Helix laomontana L. Pfeiffer, 1862 was reported from Laos. Here we erect Naggsia Páll-Gergely & Muratov, gen. n. for Helix laomontana based on the description of its reproductive anatomy and radula. Another species, Hunyadiscus saurini Páll-Gergely, gen. & sp. n. is described from Northern Laos based on conchological data. Helix (Plectopylis) andersoni Blanford, 1869, which is known from the Burmese-Chinese border region, is also classified within Hunyadiscus Páll-Gergely, gen. n. A third species, Gudeodiscus (Gudeodiscus) messageri raheemi Páll-Gergely & Hunyadi, 2015 is reported from Laos for the first time. The new localities represent the westernmost sites of the genus Gudeodiscus. The reproductive anatomy of the latter species is described.
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Academic editor: E. Gittenberger
ISSN:1313-2989
1313-2970
DOI:10.3897/zookeys.592.8118