A review of the Diapheridae (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata: Streptaxoidea), with special emphasis on India and Myanmar
Author
Páll-Gergely, Barna
Author
Hunyadi, András
Author
Grego, Jozef
Author
Sajan, Sheikh
Author
Tripathy, Basudev
Author
Chen, Zhe-Yu
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Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
2020
2020-08-06
68
682
718
journal article
10.26107/RBZ-2020-0083
2345-7600
5349761
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Parasinoennea
Z.-Y. Chen & Páll-Gergely, new genus
Type
species.
Ennea splendens
Möllendorff, 1882
(
Fig. 9A–E
).
Diagnosis.
Shell ovate, glossy; aperture triangular, adnate to the penultimate whorl.
Differential diagnosis.
The shell shape of
Parasinoennea
,
new genus
, is oval, whereas it is usually elongated and cylindrical in
Sinoennea
. The teleoconch of
Parasinoennea
is usually smooth, sometimes ornamented by low, blunt ribs, but is always glossy. In contrast, the ribs of
Sinoennea
are usually sharp and elevated, and the shell has a less glossy appearance. The main difference is in the aperture shape, which is triangular (in some species the palato-basal part distorted laterally) in
Parasinoennea
,
new genus
, but elongated oval and cylindrical in
Sinoennea
. The aperture is adnate (i.e., the parietal callus is attached to the penultimate whorl) in
Parasinoennea
,
new genus
, and the parietal callus is always clearly separated from the penultimate whorl in
Sinoennea
. The apertural dentition is not clearly different, although
Parasinoennea
,
new genus
, often possesses two tubercles (denticles) on the columellar peristome (anterior to the columellar lamella), which has not been observed in any
Sinoennea
species
to our knowledge. The upper denticle is probably homologous with the upper denticle of
Pupennea
,
new genus
, and
Platylennea
,
new genus
.
Included species.
Parasinoennea demangei
(
Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1912
)
(northern
Vietnam
),
P. formica
(
Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1912
)
(northern
Vietnam
),
P. splendens splendens
(
Möllendorff, 1882
)
(
Guangdong
,
China
),
P. splendens hongkongensis
Möllendorff, 1885
(
Hongkong
,
China
),
P. ovulum
(
Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1912
)
(northern
Vietnam
) (
Figs. 9F–N
,
22H
).
Etymology.
The Greek prefix para- (παρά, meaning beside, next to, against, etc.) is attached to
Sinoennea
to show that it is separated from that genus. Grammatical gender: feminine.
Distribution.
South
China
(
Guangxi
,
Guangdong
,
Hong Kong
, Jiangxi) and northern
Vietnam
(
Fig. 10
).
Remarks.
Sinoennea longtanensis
S. Ouyang, X.
-M. Liu & X.-P. Wu, 2012 does not differ from typical
P. splendens
(examined material: SMF 42775,
lectotype
, see
Fig. 9A–E
) in any traits. Therefore, we considered it a synonym of the latter.