Revision of the " Chloritis delibrata (Benson, 1836) " group (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Camaenidae)
Author
Pall-Gergely, Barna
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6167-7221
Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Herman Otto Street 15, Budapest, H- 1022, Hungary
pallgergely2@gmail.com
Author
Ablett, Jonathan D.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7277-1934
Mollusca Section, Invertebrates Division, Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museums, London SW 7 5 BD, UK
Author
Szabo, Marton
Hungarian Natural History Museum, Department of Paleontology and Geology, Ludovika ter 2, Budapest 1083, Hungary
Author
Neubert, Eike
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0277-2894
Natural History Museum of the Burgergemeinde Bern, Bernastr. 15, CH- 3005 Berne, Switzerland & Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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Bouchetcamaena fusca
Pall-Gergely
sp. nov.
Figure 12
Type material.
Holotype
: Munipur [India, Manipur], coll. Godwin-Austen, NHMUK 1903.7.1.391/2 (D: 16.8 mm, H: 8 mm, mixed lot with
B. delibrata
, NHMUK 1903.7.1.391/1).
Paratypes
: same data as holotype, NHMUK 1903.7.1.391/3 (1 shell: paratype); Gaziphima, Naga Hills, Munipur frontier line, coll. Godwin-Austen, NHMUK 1903.7.1.385 (2 paratypes); Khasi Hills, coll. Godwin-Austen, no. 183, NHMUK 1903.7.1.381a/2 (1 shell, mixed lot with
B. delibrata
, NHMUK 1903.7.1.381a/1); Manipur, coll. Godwin-Austen, NHMUK 20191134 (1 shell).
Diagnosis.
Shell small to medium-sized, with flat dorsal side or very slightly elevated spire; thick, brown, matt periostracum makes hair scars practically invisible, aperture oval.
Description.
Shell small to medium-sized; depressed-globular, dorsal side flat or spire very slightly elevated; body whorl slightly or relatively strongly but bluntly shouldered; colour brownish due to thick, matt periostracum; protoconch consists of 1.5 whorls, finely wrinkled, with short hairs near suture; in some specimens wrinkles only visible in the middle of whorls, whereas in others hair scars (pits) are also discernible; entire shell consisting of 3.75-4 whorls, suture moderately deep; short hairs visible in the suture and inside umbilicus; hair scars practically invisible due to thick periostracum; in one paratype (NHMUK 1903.7.1.391) periostracum of lighter colour around each hair scar on the ventral side, making the density of scars visible; very few hair scars visible at the parietal callus, but to a much lesser degree than in other species; aperture oval/subrectangular; peristome expanded and slightly reflected in direction of umbilicus; palatal part with a very thin, whitish, semi-transparent layer; hair scars not visible beneath parietal callus; umbilicus open, relatively narrow, peri-umbilical keel only very slightly indicated.
Figure 12.
Bouchetcamaena fusca
Pall-Gergely
sp. nov., holotype (NHMUK 1903.7.1.391/2). For positions of close-up images see Fig.
6
(F = DM, G = CA, H: LV, I: PC).
Measurements.
D = 15.3-18.7 mm, H = 7.8-8.8 mm (n = 5).
Differential diagnosis.
Bouchetcamaena raripila
sp. nov. is most similar to
B. fusca
sp. nov. in having a relatively small shell, narrow umbilicus and brown periostracum, but it differs in the strong, sparsely standing hair scars. All other
Bouchetcamaena
species have larger, lighter-coloured shells and a wider umbilicus.
Etymology.
The new species is named after its dark (
fuscus
in Latin) periostracum.
Distribution.
Seems to be restricted to Manipur, the Khasi and the Naga Hills (India).