Review of the genus Endothyrella Zilch, 1960 with description of five new species (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Plectopylidae)
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Pall-Gergely, Barna
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Budha, Prem B.
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Naggs, Fred
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Backeljau, Thierry
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Asami, Takahiro
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.529.6139
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.529.6139
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Taxon classification Animalia Pulmonata Plectopylidae
Endothyrella bedfordi (Gude, 1915)
Figure 16C
Endothyrella
bedfordi
1915
Plectopylis (Chersaecia) bedfordi
Gude: Records of the Indian Museum, 8: 510-511, plate 42, fig. 2
a-d
. ["Abor country, Tsanspu Valley, on the Dihang, about 50 miles above the junction of the Sigon River, alt. 2800 ft."].
Types.
Tsanspu Valley Abor Hills, 2800 ft, leg. C.F.G. Oakes R.E., NHMUK 1903.7.1.3584. (2 syntypes, Figure 16C).
Figure 16. Shells of
Endothyrella
species. A
Endothyrella oakesi
(Gude, 1915), NHMUK 1903.7.1.3125. (syntype) B
Endothyrella brahma
(Godwin-Austen, 1879), NHMUK 1903.7.1.751. (syntype) C
Endothyrella bedfordi
(Gude, 1915), NHMUK 1903.7.1.3584. (syntype). All photos by H. Taylor. Scale represent 5 mm.
Diagnosis.
Shell very small, sinistral, brownish, with moderately wide umbilicus, almost flat dorsal surface (only the apex is elevated slightly), and rounded body whorl; callus strong, palatal plicae long, more or less straight horizontal, with dichotomously divided posterior ends and many small denticles at their posterior ends; lamella single, curved, in contact with a lower plica, which runs until the peristome.
Measurements
(in mm): D: 9.1, H: 4.9 (n = 1, type series).
Differential diagnosis.
Endothyrella bedfordi
has a single curved parietal lamella with a long lower plica (which reaches the peristome) attached to it, and at the posterior ends of palatal plicae there are several small denticles. These features distinguish
Endothyrella bedfordi
from all congeners. See also Table 5.
Distribution.
The species is known from the type locality only (approximately
28°44'N
,
94°56'E
) (Figure 10).