Table 1 (continued on next two pages). Comparison of conchological characters of all species of Georissa W.T. Blanford, 1864 from India and Myanmar (adopted from Das & Aravind 2021).
Characters G. meghalayaensis sp. nov. Georissa sp. G. mawsmaiensis Das & Aravind, 2021 G. saritta W.H. Benson, 1851 G. liratula Stoliczka, 1871 G. illex W.H. Benson, 1856 G. pyxis W.H. Benson, 1856 G. fraterna Theobald & Stoliczka, 1872 G. frustrillum W.H. Benson, 1860 G. rawesiana W.H. Benson, 1860 G. blanfordiana Stoliczka, 1871
Size (SH × SW) (in mm) 1.91× 1.56 1.98–2.05× 1.53–1.63 1.82×1.42 2 ×1.25 2.2 ×1.8 (Maj), 2.2 × 1.5 (Min) 2.65× 1.65 1.5 × 1.25 1.4 × 0.95 2.5 ×1.75 2 ×1.5 1.8× 1.2(Maj), 1.8 × 1 (min)
Shell shape oval, turbinate oval, turbinate ovate-conical ovate-conical globose-conical, solid ovate-sharp, succineous ovate-conical cylindrical, conoid, solid ovate-elongated, solid almost globose-conical, more slender than G. liratula globose-conoid, moderately solid
Color dark brownish amber amber reddish-white with a rusty tint yellow translucent, reddish-brownish towards spire translucent, reddish towards the spire pale, yellow-green translucent, amber-colored (?) yellowish-white yellowish, apex reddish
Liration multilirate, meshed pattern multilirate multilirate multilirate multilirate, a little more numerously spirally ribbed than G. sarrita multilirate multilirate multilirate multilirate multilirate
Sculpture spiral ribs present, somewhat strong, very densely arranged, and around regularly spaced, sometimes distorted by radial ribs or growth lines, radial ribs present, irregular and weakly sculptured across the shell spiral ribs present, strong, somewhat closely arranged, and nearly regularly spaced across shell except protoconch, somewhat fine or less sharp and more densely spaced spiral striations on basal part of body whorl (umbilical view), radial ribs absent strong, spirally striated whorls numerous close spiral ridges separated by narrow grooves spirally lirate with sharp, simple, closely equidistant ribs very finely striated, spirally closely and delicately lined spirally coarsely lirate very closely spaced spiral striations closely spirally striated very fine transverse growth striae, somewhat polished
Umbilicus narrow narrow imperforate sub imperforate, covered by thickened callus imperforate scarcely perforate perforate imperforate, with umbilical region slightly impressed imperforate imperforate, umbilical region slightly depressed imperforate
Whorls 3.5, convex 3.5, convex 3.62, convex 4, very convex 3–3.5, convex 4, very convex 4, convex 3.5, convex, somewhat flattened above 5, convex 4, very convex 3.5, somewhat convex
Spiral striae/ ribs from suture to aperture (in apertural view) 7–9 6–9 4 7 5 6 5 8 6 much finer spiral striation, 7–8 nil, no spiral ribs; longitudinal ribs are present
Spire acuminate acuminate conical conical conical shining, elongate-conical conical conical sub pyramidal conical subacute
Apex blunt, roundish blunt, roundish blunt, roundish obtuse or blunt, reddish subobtuse, forming slightly prominent mammillate tip, smooth, yellow actually reddening slightly obtuse obtuse strongly mammillate obtuse obtuse or blunt reddish, nipple like, very smooth
Suture well-impressed well-impressed, with narrow shoulder well-impressed well-impressed deep, simple deep deep very deep impressed deep
Aperture ovate, oblique or sub-vertical round or slightly ovate, oblique or sub-vertical sub-circular hardly oblique, ovate, equaling ⅔ of shell’s length, columellar margin angular above, with callous inner wall semilunar, nearly equaling height of spire, somewhat dilated oblique, ovate, angular above oblique, semicircular, columellar margin expanded and somewhat reflexed almost semi circular oblique, truncated-ovate, angled at upper left side slightly oblique, semicircular, angled at upper left side broadly semicircular