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Laemodonta siamensis Morelet 1875

Description

Laemodonta siamensis (Morelet, 1875)

Figs 8 W–X

Plecotrema siamensis Morelet, 1875: 273, pl.13, fig. 6.

Laemodonta siamensis: Okutani 2000: 816 –819, pl. 406, fig. 11; Raven & Vermuelen 2007: 46, 54, pl. 5, fig. 48, Lozouet & Plaziat 2008: 146 –147, pl. 37, figs 15–16; Poppe 2010: 452, pl. 917, fig. 5; Zvonareva et al. 2015: 9.

Material examined Nha Phu Bay, 2 specimens.

Abundance. Rare.

Measurements. Up to 9 mm (Raven & Vermuelen 2007).

Ecological notes. In estuaries, in mangrove areas and under rotting wood in salt marshes (both in tidal zone and above normal high tide mark).

In studied sites it was found on mud surface under mangrove trees.

Relation to mangroves. Eurybiotic.

Distribution in Vietnam. Central coast.

General distribution. From Korea to Sulawesi and Borneo (Lozouet & Plaziat 2008).

Notes

Published as part of Zvonareva, Sofya & Kantor, Yuri, 2016, Cheсklist of gastropod molluscs in mangroves of Khanh Hoa province, Vietnam, pp. 401-437 in Zootaxa 4162 (3) on page 430, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4162.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/254973

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Morelet
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Order
Ellobiida
Family
Ellobiidae
Genus
Laemodonta
Species
siamensis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Laemodonta siamensis Morelet, 1875 sec. Zvonareva & Kantor, 2016

References

  • Morelet, A. (1875) Series conchyliologiques comprenant l'enumeration de mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles recueillis pendant le cours de differents voyages ainsi que l description de plusieurs especes nouvelles. Quatrieme livraison. F. Savy, Paris, [4] pp. + 151 pp. (pp. 227 - 377), pls. 12 - 17. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 11458
  • Okutani, T. (2000) Marine Mollusks in Japan. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, 1173 pp.
  • Raven, J. G. M. & Vermuelen, J. J. (2007) Notes on molluscs from NW Borneo and Singapore. 2. A synopsis of the Ellobiidae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata). Vita Malacologica, 4, 29 - 62.
  • Lozouet, P. & Plaziat, J. - C. (2008) Mangrove environments and mollusks. Abatan River, Bohol and Panglao Islands, Central Philippines. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, 166 pp.
  • Poppe, G. T. (2010) Volume III: Philippine marine mollusks. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, 665 pp.
  • Zvonareva, S., Kantor Yu., Xinzheng, L. & Britayev, T. (2015) Long-term monitoring of Gastropoda (Mollusca) fauna in planted mangroves in central Vietnam. Zoological studies, 54, 1 - 39.