Chersaecia mogokensis Páll-Gergely, 2018, sp. nov.
Authors/Creators
- 1. Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA), Herman Ottó Street 15, Budapest, H- 1022, Hungary.
Description
Chersaecia mogokensis sp. nov.
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Figs 20C, 21 E–F
Diagnosis
Shell large, flat, widely umbilicated, parietal wall with a single lamella and a short lower plica, palatal plicae oblique, with additional denticles at their posterior ends.
Etymology
The name mogokensis refers to the type locality (Mogok). This name was written on the label of the specimen, but apparently has never been published.
Material examined
Holotype MYANMAR: 1 shell, holotype (D = 23.6 mm), Burmah, Mogok, ruby mines, coll. Godwin-Austen (NHMUK 20140787).
Description
SHELL. Sinistral, almost completely flat, only protoconch protrudes above dorsal surface; original colour might be reddish-brown; protoconch consists of slightly more than 2.5 whorls, separated by shallow suture; dorsal side of the protoconch irregularly, roughly wrinkled, but ventral side (i.e., inside the umbilicus) clearly tuberculated; whole teleoconch irregularly wrinkled sometimes with spiral lines especially on the apical side; whorls 6.75; teleoconch whorls separated by a deep suture; peristome
strongly thickened and slightly reflected; parietal callus strongly developed, sharp, slightly S-shaped; apertural fold very short, denticle-like, free from parietal callus.
Parietal wall with a single, slightly curved lamella and a short lower plica. Palatal wall with six plicae; first and last straight, horizontal; remaining ones oblique, with additional denticles at their posterior ends.
MEASUREMENTS (in mm). D = 23.6, H = 7.7 (holotype).
Differential diagnosis
In size and shape Chersaecia mogokensis sp. nov. resembles species of the genus Plectopylis. However, the straight, oblique palatal plicae, and the single lamella differentiates it from all species of Plectopylis. The most similar species of Chersaecia in outer shell morphology is C. shanensis, which nevertheless has strongly developed lower, main and intermediate plicae, a much stronger apertural fold, and a protoconch lacking or with a few low growth wrinkles. Chersaecia magna is also similar in outer appearance, but possesses two parietal lamellae and a very long apertural fold. All other species of Chersaecia are much smaller and/or have strongly developed main plicae.
Distribution
The only known specimen of Chersaecia mogokensis sp. nov. is from the type locality.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- NHMUK
- Material sample ID
- NHMUK 20140787
- Scientific name authorship
- Páll-Gergely
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Order
- Stylommatophora
- Family
- Plectopylidae
- Genus
- Chersaecia
- Species
- mogokensis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic status
- sp. nov.
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Chersaecia mogokensis Páll-Gergely, 2018
References
- Gude G. K. 1914 b. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Mollusca. ‾ II. (Trochomorphidae- - Janellidae). Taylor & Francis, London. Available from https: // biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 12910698 [accessed 30 Jul. 2018].
- Solem A. 1966. Some non-marine mollusks from Thailand, with notes on classification of the Helicarionidae. Spolia Zoologica Musei Hauniensis 24: 1 - 110.
- Blanford W. T. 1865. Contributions to Indian Malacology, No. V. Descriptions of new land shells from Arakan, Pegu, and Ava; with notes on the distribution of described species. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 34 (2): 66 - 105. Available from https: // biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 37191013 [accessed 30 Jul. 2018].