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A new genus of river snails, Bakyietaia (Mollusca, Viviparidae), from South China and the Indochinese Peninsula
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- 1. Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650023, China. & Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institut für Evolutions und Biodiversitätsforschung, Berlin 10115, Germany. & Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yezin, Nay Pyi Taw, 05282, Myanmar.
- 2. Department of Marine Biotechnology and Resources, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan.
- 3. Parasitology Research Group, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne, Parkville VIC 3010, Australia. & Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK.
- 4. Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection, Guangxi Normal University, Ministry of Education, Guilin, Guangxi 541004, China.
- 5. Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400 Kota, Malaysia. & Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, National University of Singapore, 2 Conservatory Drive, Singapore 117377, Republic of Singapore.
- 6. Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung, Berlin 10115, Germany.
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Zhang, Le-Jia, Yen, Yu-Hsiu, Chen, Zhe-Yu, Du, Li-Na, Ng, Ting Hui, Rintelen, Thomas von (2025): A new genus of river snails, Bakyietaia (Mollusca, Viviparidae), from South China and the Indochinese Peninsula. European Journal of Taxonomy 1005: 1-64, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.1005.2985, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2985/13435
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