Systematic revision of the arboreal snail Satsuma albida species complex (Mollusca: Camaenidae) with descriptions of 14 new species from Taiwan
Author
Wu, Shu-Ping
Author
Hwang, Chung-Chi
Author
Lin, Yao-Sung
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Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2008
2008-10-31
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10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00415.x
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SATSUMA LINI
SP. NOV.
(
FIGS 11
,
12
)
Material examined
Type specimen:
Holotype
:
TMMT 0602
(from type locality, dry shell, tissue in alcohol, dissected). Three
paratypes
: all from type locality,
TMMT 0621
(immature, in alcohol);
ANSP
A21015 (shell with tissue in alcohol);
BMNH 20060753
(dry shell).
Type
locality
Shanlinxi,
Nantou County
, central
Taiwan
(
Fig. 1
,
Table 1
)
Diagnosis
Shell and soft body white with grey pedal stripe; periphery angulated but not keeled; junction between columellar and inferior lips angulated. Because of a
Description
Figure 10.
Reproductive system of
Satsuma insignis
(TMMT P-0280-1, Tengzhi). A, whole genitalia; B, interior of genitalia. Scale bar = 5 mm. See text for abbreviations.
Figure 11.
Satsuma lini
sp. nov.
A–D, holotype (TMMT 0602, shell height = 17.6 mm). E, F, paratype (TMMT 0621, shell height = 17 mm). G, living specimen. Arrow indicates the pre-apertural constriction.
Shell
(
Fig. 11
): Dextral, conical, medium sized. Apex obtuse. Whorls inflated. Periphery bluntly angulated. Base expanded. Pre-apertural constriction behind outer and inferior lips present. Surface smooth, glossy with spiral striae. Shell colour whitish. Periostracum thin. Aperture diagonal, ovate-lunate, angulated between outer lip and inferior lip. Peristome thin, expanded, reflected at curved inferior lip. Superior columellar lip reflected. Umbilicus covered by columellar lip mostly, crevice-like. Columellar lip vertical to subvertical, angulated at junction with inferior lip.
Band or stain:
Polymorphism exists in this taxon. The majority of individuals do not possess band or colour stain, and display a whitish coloration. A rare form exists with pink stain and smear from the third to the fourth band position. Band formula = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; 0 0 (0 0) 0 0 0 0 (very rare).
Figure 12.
Reproductive system of
Satsuma lini
sp. nov.
(holotype, TMMT 0602), immature genitalia. Scale bar = 5 mm. See text for abbreviations.
lack of knowledge of its genitalia, distinguishing this species from similar species based on shell characteristics only is difficult.
Etymology
L.
lini
: the name is dedicated to the late Professor Lin, Fei-Jan (1934–2004), a pioneering evolutionary biologist from
Taiwan
.
Reproductive system
(
Fig. 12
): No reproductively mature specimens were collected. An immature genitalia is figured to demonstrate its basic configuration.
Distribution
The species was found only in a narrow area of mid-altitude forest (
1600–1800 m
) near
Shanlinxi
,
Nantou County
, central
Taiwan
(
Fig. 1
,
Table 1
)
.
Remarks
Inhabits typically above
3 m
.
Adults were found during winter (
Fig. 11G
). Only
four specimens
are available; two of these have adult shell morphology but genital development is incomplete. The other individuals are sub-adults.
This species is morphologically similar to
S. albida
,
S. swinhoei
sp. nov.
and
S. insignis
, but its genetic relationship is closer to
S. insignis
(see Phylogeny). Compared with
S. albida
,
S. lini
has a larger, thinner and more rigid shell, higher spire and more oblique aperture. The species differs from
S. swinhoei
in having a periphery that is not keeled, smaller shell diameter and higher spire.