Revision of the carnivorous snail genus Indoartemon Forcart, 1946 and a new genus Carinartemis from Thailand (Pulmonata: Streptaxidae)
Author
Siriboon, Thanit
Author
Sutcharit, Chirasak
Author
Naggs, Fred
Author
Rowson, Ben
Author
Panha, Somsak
text
Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
2014
2014-04-04
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161
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.4504075
2345-7600
4504075
2300F64E-BD30-4E06-A24F-A226185A4BD3
Indoartemon prestoni
(
Gude, 1903
)
(
Figs. 1
,
3C, D
,
Table 1
)
Streptaxis prestoni
Gude, 1903: 322
, 323, pl. 12, figs 17–19.
Type
locality:
Lampun
,
Siam
.
Haploptychius prestoni
: Kobelt, 1906: 140
, 141, pl. 62, figs 16–18.
Zilch, 1961: 84
.
Richardson, 1988: 219
.
Oophana (Indoartemon) prestoni
:
Benthem Jutting, 1954: 96
.
Material examined.
Of the two specimens mentioned by
Gude (1903: 323)
the single
syntype
in the lot
NHMUK 1922.8
.29.5 (
Fig. 3C
) is here designated as the
lectotype
. Additional record:
CUMZ 5015
(12 shells;
Fig. 3D
),
Wat Tam Ra-Khang
,
Si Samrong
,
Sukhothai
, northern central lowlands,
Thailand
.
Isolated
limestone hills reaching about
200 m
above mean sea level (17°9.6'6.0"N,
99°33'35.7"E
)
.
Indoartemon prestoni
can be distinguished from
I. laevis
from
Myanmar
by its higher spire and distinct suture, regularly expanding whorls, deeper umbilicus and presence of a basal lamella. This species differs from
I. cingalensis
in its larger shell, lower spire, presence of a columellar lamella and in the last whorl being more deviated from the vertical axis.
Indoartemon prestoni
can be distinguished from
I. eburnea
by its lower spire with indistinct suture, the last whorl being more deviated from the vertical axis and a widely open umbilicus.
Indoartemon prestoni
has been placed in
Haploptychius
and
Remarks.
An oblique-heliciform shell with 7–7¾ whorls, white, glossy, translucent with distinct sutures. Fine transverse ridges diminish below the periphery. Smooth embryonic shell with about 2½ whorls. Periphery rounded, earlier whorls do not extend beyond the diameter of the axially deflected last whorl. Umbilicus open. Aperture subcircular, peristome thickened and expanded. Apertural dentition composed of one parietal lamella and palatal lamella (
Fig. 3D
).
Fig. 1. Distribution map of
Indoartemon
spp. and
Carinartemis
spp.
Indoartemon
spp (white circle): (1)
Indoartemon cingalensis
(
Benson, 1853
)
; (2)
Indoartemon layardianus
(
Benson, 1853
)
; (3)
Indoartemon glacilis
(
Collett, 1898
)
; (4)
Indoartemon eburneus
(
Pfeiffer, 1861
)
; (5)
Indoartemon fuchsianus
(
Gredler, 1881
)
; (6)
Indoartemon bidens
(
Möllendorff, 1883
)
; (7)
Indoartemon tridens
(
Möllendorff, 1898
)
; (8)
Indoartemon laevis
(
Blanford, 1899
)
; (9)
Indoartemon prestoni
(
Gude, 1903
)
; and (10)
Indoartemon medius
,
new species
.
Carinartemis
spp. (black circle): (1)
Carinartemis vesperus
,
new species
; and (2)
Carinartemis striatus
,
new species
.
Fig. 2. Living snails of: A,
Indoartemon medius
,
new species
, paratype CUMZ 5017 (shell width about 8 mm); B,
Carinartemis vesperus
,
new species
, paratype CUMZ 6201 (shell width about 10 mm); C,
Carinartemis striatus
,
new species
, paratype CUMZ 6205 (shell width about 12 mm).
Oophana
, but the presence of a single parietal lamella and a single palatal lamella confirm its position in
Indoartemon
.