A new species of the genus Quantula Baker, 1941 (Eupulmonata: Dyakiidae) from the southern part of north-eastern Thailand Author Deeprom, Kanchanog Author Tumpeesuwan, Chanidaporn Author Tumpeesuwan, Sakboworn text Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 2022 2022-11-16 70 519 533 journal article 216778 10.26107/RBZ-2022-0029 c0ffb97d-a12a-420b-b9a9-f92b2582db20 2345-7600 7399981 800A7AAD-D76E-43E4-8001-6754CE3ECE57 Quantula weinkauffiana ( Crosse & Fischer, 1863 ) ( Figs. 3A , 4A , 5A–G ; Tables 1 –3) Helix weinkauffiana Crosse & Fischer, 1863: 350–351 ; Crosse & Fischer, 1864: 326 , pl. 12, fig. 7. Hemiplecta weinkauffiana Morlet, 1889: 124 ; Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1905: 349 ; Fischer, 1973: 92 ; Panha, 1996: 34 ; Panha & Thanamitramanee, 1997: 2 . Ariophanta ( Hemiplecta ) weinkauffiana Fischer, 1891: 21 . Ariophanta weinkauffiana inflata Möllendorf, 1894: 149 . Nanina ( Xestina ) weinkauffiana Kobelt, 1900: 984–985 , pl. 255, figs. 6–8. Nanina ( Hemiplecta ) weinkauffiana var. minor Fischer & Dautzenberg, 1904: 394 . Dyakia weinkauffiana Maneevong, 2000: 46–47 , figs. 4–11 (A–B). Ariophanta ( Cryptozona ) weinkauffiana Schileyko, 2011: 29–30 . Quantula weinkauffiana Hemmen & Hemmen, 2001: 45 ; Nabhitabhata, 2009: 249 ; Jumlong, 2012: 51 ,72, figs. 4.10, 5.1; Jumlong et al., 2013: 67–68 , 71–76, 79, fig. 2D; Worachak, 2014: 40–43, figs. 4.1–4.3; Worachak et al., 2014: 524–529 , fig. 2A; Inkhavilay et al., 2019: 71 , 119 figs. 32B–D, 55H; Sutcharit et al., 2020b: 21 , 23, figs. 9E–F; Jirapatrasilp et al., 2021: 256–257 , 261–263, 268–269. Quantula sp. 2 Jumlong, 2012: 53 , 72, figs. 4.12, 5.1; Worachak, 2014: 45–48, figs. 4.7, 4.8A–E, 4.9A–B Quantula sp. 5 Hoompuay, 2016: 40–42 , figs. 4.18–4.20 Quantula weinkauffiana inflata BEDO, 2017: 221 . Quantula weinkauffiana weinkauffiana BEDO, 2017: 221 . Type locality. Cochinchina (Southern Vietnam ) . Material examined. 37 shells and seven living specimens NHMSU-00035; Khao Panom Sawai , Surin Province ; 14°46′05.3″N 103°22′17.0″E ; 14 October 2017 ; ( Figs. 3A , 4A , 5A–E ) . Diagnosis. Shell depressed-conic. Last whorl angular with sharp peripheral keel and descending in front, lip is rather thick and slightly descending (see Inkhavilay et al., 2019 : syntype fig. 32B–D; Jirapatrasilp et al., 2021 : Fig. 3 ). Amatorial organ duct shorter than amatorial organ. Gametolytic duct connected to middle part of amatorial organ. Description. Shell (n= 37) ( Fig. 4A ): dextral, very depressed conic, brown colour with 5–5¼ whorls, suture shallow, growth line fine. Last whorl angular with strong peripheral keel descending in front. Shell height 10.7–15.6 mm , shell width 20.6–28.1 mm . Apex blunt, peripheral keel very sharp, colour of ventral side of shell is paler than that of dorsal side. Apertural lip simple in light brown, with margin slightly thickened in adult specimens. Umbilicus narrow and deep. Body (n=5) ( Fig. 3A ): Living snail light orange, with two lateral dark brown stripes running from each of upper tentacle backward to pneumostome. Table 2. Pairwise genetic distance values for different species in this study.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
1 Quantula doma , new species (PKJ)
2 Quantula doma , new species (PNY) 0.008
3 Quantula doma , new species (KSH) 0.029 0.029
4 Quantula doma , new species (KSL) 0.029 0.029 0.000
5 Quantula weinkauffiana (PSP) 0.087 0.084 0.082 0.082
6 Quantula weinkauffiana (H18) 0.087 0.084 0.082 0.082 0.002
7 Quantula weinkauffiana (H53) 0.089 0.089 0.084 0.084 0.011 0.009
8 Quantula weinkauffiana (CA11) 0.087 0.087 0.082 0.082 0.005 0.003 0.006
9 Quantula weinkauffiana (CA13) 0.084 0.084 0.079 0.079 0.011 0.009 0.009 0.006
10 Quantula striata (H23) 0.098 0.095 0.090 0.090 0.037 0.035 0.043 0.037 0.037
11 Quantula striata (H23) 0.098 0.095 0.090 0.090 0.034 0.032 0.040 0.034 0.037 0.003
12 Quantula godwinausteni (H30) 0.084 0.081 0.084 0.084 0.072 0.070 0.076 0.073 0.073 0.084 0.084
13 Quantula sp.1 (H60) 0.031 0.031 0.005 0.005 0.082 0.081 0.082 0.081 0.078 0.089 0.089 0.082
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14 Quantula sp.1 (H24) 0.031 0.032 0.037 0.037 0.079 0.078 0.079 0.078 0.078 0.090 0.090 0.072 0.032
15 Quantula sp.1 (H50) 0.027 0.027 0.023 0.023 0.076 0.075 0.076 0.075 0.072 0.084 0.084 0.075 0.021 0.032
16 Quantula sp.2 (H51) 0.072 0.072 0.069 0.069 0.072 0.070 0.076 0.073 0.073 0.090 0.087 0.072 0.067 0.069 0.063
17 Quantula sp.3 (H124) 0.096 0.093 0.092 0.092 0.089 0.087 0.093 0.090 0.089 0.104 0.104 0.076 0.087 0.090 0.084 0.078
18 Phuphania globosa (H42) 0.134 0.131 0.124 0.124 0.110 0.108 0.118 0.111 0.113 0.125 0.122 0.118 0.119 0.119 0.124 0.116 0.122
19 Phuphania globosa (H12) 0.140 0.137 0.131 0.131 0.119 0.118 0.127 0.121 0.119 0.125 0.125 0.121 0.127 0.127 0.131 0.122 0.124 0.032
20 Phuphania costata (H67) 0.130 0.124 0.130 0.130 0.118 0.116 0.121 0.119 0.121 0.133 0.130 0.121 0.128 0.119 0.118 0.130 0.115 0.104 0.115
21 Phuphania carinata (H125) 0.130 0.130 0.133 0.133 0.116 0.115 0.119 0.118 0.119 0.127 0.124 0.125 0.131 0.125 0.115 0.122 0.121 0.108 0.118 0.044
22 Phuphania crossei (H61) 0.139 0.134 0.131 0.131 0.113 0.111 0.116 0.115 0.113 0.125 0.125 0.131 0.127 0.133 0.133 0.115 0.111 0.098 0.105 0.099 0.105
23 Phuphania crossei (H5) 0.139 0.134 0.131 0.131 0.111 0.110 0.115 0.113 0.111 0.124 0.124 0.128 0.127 0.133 0.133 0.115 0.110 0.095 0.102 0.098 0.104 0.005
24 Asperitas trochus (H31) 0.119 0.118 0.119 0.119 0.115 0.113 0.116 0.116 0.119 0.127 0.127 0.115 0.115 0.110 0.115 0.116 0.104 0.122 0.122 0.121 0.113 0.128 0.127
25 Dyakia janus (H9) 0.128 0.128 0.121 0.121 0.118 0.116 0.116 0.115 0.113 0.122 0.122 0.121 0.119 0.124 0.118 0.119 0.104 0.119 0.124 0.118 0.110 0.113 0.113 0.092
26 Dyakia janus (H57) 0.115 0.118 0.113 0.113 0.111 0.110 0.107 0.108 0.107 0.118 0.118 0.111 0.108 0.111 0.107 0.107 0.098 0.119 0.124 0.116 0.115 0.113 0.113 0.087 0.027
27 Everettia dominiki (E14411) 0.144 0.142 0.145 0.145 0.116 0.115 0.122 0.116 0.116 0.121 0.122 0.137 0.144 0.133 0.136 0.127 0.124 0.140 0.148 0.137 0.134 0.142 0.140 0.131 0.128 0.121
28 Pseudoquantula lenticularis (H21) 0.147 0.147 0.139 0.139 0.133 0.131 0.133 0.130 0.130 0.147 0.148 0.151 0.137 0.139 0.134 0.134 0.142 0.134 0.140 0.144 0.137 0.134 0.137 0.131 0.134 0.130 0.145
29 Pseudoquantula lenticularis (H33) 0.150 0.150 0.142 0.142 0.139 0.137 0.139 0.136 0.136 0.147 0.148 0.154 0.140 0.142 0.134 0.137 0.151 0.137 0.144 0.150 0.137 0.136 0.139 0.134 0.137 0.133 0.151 0.012
Fig. 2. Bayesian inference (BI) tree of Quantula in this study (Blue colour) determined from 28s and COI genes. Numbers at nodes indicate branch support based on posterior probability (BI)/bootstrapping (ML)/bootstrapping (NJ). # Indicates branches that received <0.50 of posterior probability and received <50% of bootstrap support. - indicates non-supported branches by bootstrap. Scale bar = 0.1 substitutions/site. Genitalia (n=5) ( Fig. 5A–E ): Penis short, cylindrical. Epiphallus shorter and slender than penis. Inner wall of penis with three very short and thin longitudinal pilasters near atrium, with other regions smooth ( Fig. 5D ). Vas deferens short. Penial retractor muscle absent. Gametolytic sac short with gametolytic duct connecting to middle part of amatorial organ. Amatorial organ cylindrical, gradually larger at distal portion. Inner part of this portion, without longitudinal pilaster, but, with short amatorial organ papilla, which is robust, cylindrical and not exceeding half of distance between distal end of amatorial organ and junction of gametolytic duct. Orange papilla spike present ( Fig. 5B, C ). Inner wall of distal part with transverse lamella or nearly smooth surface, whereas, in proximal part before junction of gametolytic duct with two longitudinal pilasters ( Fig. 5C ). Amatorial organ duct shorter than amatorial organ. Vagina longer than penis. Surface of inner wall of vagina undulated, proximally with thin transverse lamellae ( Fig. 5E ). Radula (n=5) ( Fig. 5F–G ): There are approximately 78 rows of teeth, each of which comprises 73–173 teeth, formula (19–62) + (17–24) + 1 + (17–24) + (19–62). Central tooth tricuspid, lanceolate, smaller than lateral teeth. Lateral teeth tricuspid, oblique lanceolate. Marginal teeth unicuspid, sword shaped.
Remarks. Images published in Inkhavilay et al. (2019) included the syntype , MNHN-IM-2000-27780 (Fig. 32B), specimens from Savannakhet (Figs. 32C, 55H), and specimens from Champasak (Fig. 32D). The type specimen possesses a sharp peripheral keel and thickened peristome. These characters resemble specimens from Phanom Sawai and in Schileyko (2003 : Fig. 1776A), which illustrated the drawing of a shell identified as “ Quantula striata ”. According to the shell morphology and distribution, the shell from Southern Vietnam illustrated in Schileyko (2003) should be identified as Quantula weinkauffiana . However, “ Ariophanta weinkauffiana inflata ” and “ Nanina (Hemiplecta) weinkauffiana minor ”, which were described from localities outside north-eastern Thailand , need clarification of their taxonomic status via further study. From the result of molecular phylogeny of Dyakiidae by Jirapatrasilp et al. (2021) , Quantula weinkauffiana individuals from Khao Panom Sawai, Surin ( Thailand ), Champasak ( Laos ), and Kampot ( Cambodia ) were in the same clade with high support (BI= 100%). Considering the result from this study, the intraspecific genetic distances among the Quantula weinkauffiana populations of Laos , Cambodia , and Phanom Sawai were low, as they ranged from 0.2–1.1%, while within the Panom Sawai population, it was 0.2% ( Table 2 ), and the Quantula weinkauffiana clade obtained strong support ( Fig. 2 ) (BI posterior probability of 1.00 and 86% for ML, and 89% for NJ bootstrap replicate). Fig. 4. Shell morphology of Quantula spp. in the southern part of north-eastern Thailand. A, Q. weinkauffiana , specimen NHMSU-00035 from Phanom Sawai, Surin; B–C, Q. doma , new species : B, holotype NHMSU-00048 from Khao Sala, Surin; C, NHMSU-00050 from Phu Jor Kor, Mukdahan. Fig. 3. Living snails of Quantula spp. in the southern part of north-eastern Thailand. A, Q. weinkauffiana (NHMSU-00035) from Phanom Sawai, Surin; B–C, Q. doma , new species : B, NHMSU-00049 from Khao Sala, Surin; C, NHMSU-00051 from Phu Jor Kor, Mukdahan. Distribution. Southern Vietnam , Cambodia , Southern Laos , and North-eastern Thailand ( Crosse & Fischer, 1863 ; Schileyko, 2011 ; Inkhavilay et al., 2019 ; Sutcharit et al., 2020b ). In Thailand , this species is currently recorded from Khao Panom Sawai, Surin Province ( Jirapatrasilp et al., 2021 and this study).