Systematic revision of the Plectopylinae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Plectopylidae)
Author
Páll-Gergely, Barna
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Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA), Herman Ottó Street 15, Budapest, H- 1022, Hungary.
pall-gergely.barna@agrar.mta.hu
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2018
2018-08-16
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journal article
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10.5852/ejt.2018.455
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Subfamily
Plectopylinae
Möllendorff, 1898
Type
genus
Plectopylis
Benson, 1860
.
Included genera
Chersaecia
Gude, 1899
(synonym:
Endoplon
Gude,
1899
),
Hunyadiscus
Páll-Gergely, 2016
,
Naggsia
Páll-Gergely & Muratov, 2016
,
Plectopylis
Benson, 1860
.
Diagnosis
Shell usually sinistral, flat to depressed conical; umbilicus wide to moderately wide; protoconch with variable sculptural elements (finely granulated, spirally striated, irregularly wrinkled/ribbed); apertural fold usually present, main plica usually present. Penis well-developed or reduced; penial caecum absent or small, epiphallus present or absent; diverticulum usually present, shorter than bursa copulatrix.
Distribution
Southeastern Himalaya (
Nagaland
and
Manipur
in northeastern
India
),
Myanmar
and the neighbouring Chinese border region (
Yunnan Province
),
Thailand
(with the exception of the lowlands in the central and northeastern regions), northern
Laos
(
Fig. 3
).