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Table 1 in New species of Georissa (Gastropoda: Hydrocenidae) and Acmella (Gastropoda: Assimineidae), with new records of Georissa from Northeast India

  • 1. SM Sehgal Foundation Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Royal Enclave, Sriramapura, Jakkur PO, Bangalore 560064, India. & Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Madhav Nagar, Manipal, Udupi 576104, India. & Department of Zoology, Kamrup College, Chamata, Nalbari, 781306, Assam, India.
  • 2. SM Sehgal Foundation Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Royal Enclave, Sriramapura, Jakkur PO, Bangalore 560064, India. & Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Madhav Nagar, Manipal, Udupi 576104, India. & Yenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), University Road, Derlakatte, Mangalore 575018, India.

Description

Table 1 (continued). Comparison of conchological characters of all species of Georissa W.T. Blanford, 1864 from India and Myanmar (adopted from Das & Aravind 2021).

CharactersG. meghalayaensis sp. nov.Georissa sp.G. mawsmaiensis Das & Aravind, 2021G. saritta W.H. Benson, 1851G. liratula Stoliczka, 1871G. illex W.H. Benson, 1856G. pyxis W.H. Benson, 1856G. fraterna Theobald & Stoliczka, 1872G. frustrillum W.H. Benson, 1860G. rawesiana W.H. Benson, 1860G. blanfordiana Stoliczka, 1871
Peristomesimple, thin and continuoussimple, thin and continuoussimple and slightly thickenedsimple, sharp, slightly expanded, margins separatesimple, curve, within grooved, thick, whitishthin, non- continuous, margins joined, right margin straight, sharp, columellar margin reflexedthin, sharp, non-continuoussimple, slightly receding in front, provided with somewhat thickened inner marginthin, non- continuousthin, parietal margin callous, inside straight, narrowuniformly curved, angled at posterior (or upper) side, very slightly arched, slightly expanded above, below constricted
Operculumoval, calcareous, multispiral with growth linesunknownpaucispiral, has calcareous peg emerged from inner surfaceunknowntestaceous, thin, transparent, broadly semilunar, with eccentric nucleus, covered externally with wrinkled growth-striaethin, horny, transparent, paucispiral, with a basal nucleusunknowntestaceous,, thin, almost transparent, paucispiralunknownunknownunknown
Habitatmoss, at cave entrancesoil-leaf litter near waterfallwet walls of inside caveon mossy tree trunksadhering to stonesnear cavesnear caves
DistributionKrem Puri, Meghalaya, IndiaSadu Chiru waterfalls, Manipur, IndiaMawsmai cave, Meghalaya, IndiaCherra Poonjee (present Cherrapunjee), Khasi hills, Meghalaya, India; Tuipui, Champhai district, Mizoram, India (Present study)Damotha, near Moulmein, MyanmarPhie Than, Tenasserim, MyanmarThyet-Mio, MyanmarAtaran River Valley, near Moulmein, MyanmarAva, MyanmarNear Moulmein in Farm Caves, MyanmarFarm Caves, near Moulmein, Myanmar

Notes

Published as part of Das, Nipu Kumar & Aravind, Neelavar Ananthram, 2026, New species of Georissa (Gastropoda: Hydrocenidae) and Acmella (Gastropoda: Assimineidae), with new records of Georissa from Northeast India, pp. 11 in European Journal of Taxonomy 1060 on page 11, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1060.3284, http://zenodo.org/record/20411389

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