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Chamalycaeus Mollendorff 1897

Description

" Chamalycaeus " panshiensis Chen, 1989

Chamalycaeus panshiensis Chen, 1989: 157 –159.

Type locality. "HONGN-aN fOrEsTry CENTrE, PaNsHI COUNTy (43°15'N, 126°10'E), JILIN PrOvINCE, CHINa ".

Original description. " SHELL smaLL, THIN sUbdEprEssEd, sEmITraNsparENT. WHOrLs 4–4½, mOdEraTELy CONvExspIrE LOw, CONCId, THE LasT NarrOwLy rOUNdEd pErIpHEraLLy, aNd dEEpLy dEsCENdING IN frONT, wITH dEEp sUTUrE, NEarLy LUsTErLEss ExCEpT THE prOTOCONCH aNd sECONd, sUrfaCE vEry fINELy aNd sOmEwHaT rEGULarLy rIb-sTrIaTEd axIaLLy, aNd THE prOTOCONCH aNd sECONd wITH LUsTrE, GENEraLLy smOOTH, aNd wITH a prOjECTION as wOrmfOrm aT THE sUTUrE Of bOdy wHOrLs. SHELLs yELLOwIsH brOwN Or HOrN-yELLOwIsH brOwN. UmbILICUs wIdE, rEGULarLy wIdENING, sHOwING THE EarLIEr wHOrLs INsIdE; ApErTarE CIrCULar, THICk, wITH TwO LOps, aNd sOmEwHaT ExpaNdEd aNd rEfLECTEd. OpErCULUm CIrCULar, sINk, bUT THE INNEr sUrfaCE Has a papULE-fOrm prOjECTION. RadULa wITH 1 CENTraL TOOTH, 1 LaTEraL aNd 2 marGINaL TEETH, ExCEpT THE marGINaL TEETH, THE CENTraL aNd LaTEraL TEETH wITH ECTOCONEs, bUT THE marGINaL TOOTH wITH a HOOk."

Remarks. THE dEsCrIpTION aNd THE OrIGINaL fIGUrEs arE INsUffICIENT TO dECIdE THE GENErIC pLaCEmENT Of THIs spECIEs.

Notes

Published as part of Asami, Takahiro, 2017, Revision of the Alycaeidae of China, Laos and Vietnam (Gastropoda: Cyclophoroidea) I: The genera Dicharax and Metalycaeus, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 4331 (1) on page 107, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4331.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1009725

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Cyclophoridae
Genus
Chamalycaeus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Architaenioglossa
Phylum
Mollusca
Scientific name authorship
Mollendorff
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Chamalycaeus Mollendorff, 1897 sec. Asami, 2017

References

  • Chen, D. - N. (1989) A new species of operculated land snail from China (Mesogastropoda: Cyclophoridae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 14 (2), 157 - 159.