First record of subterranean rissoidean gastropod assemblages in Southeast Asia (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Pomatiopsidae)
Author
Grego, Jozef
text
Subterranean Biology
2018
25
9
34
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.25.23563
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.25.23563
1314-2615-25-9
9F789679CD744D54A7F2B0087E154571
Genus
Thamkhondonia
gen. n.
Diagnosis.
The diagnostic features of the genus are the same as those of the type species,
Thamkhondonia moureti
sp. n. The elongated axially and radially sculptured shell with an ear-shaped aperture differs from that of any known genus of
Pomatiopsidae
from tributaries of the Mekong River. The shell shows some resemblance to those of species in the triculinid genus
Paraprosothenia
Annandale, 1919 and the marine genus
Attenuata
Hedley, 1918, but differs from both by the characteristic shell sculpture consisting of spiral cords and axial ribs.
Etymology
.
Named after the type locality inside the Tham Khon
Don
Cave situated under the massif of Pha Kouankaohong near village Ban Na in Khammouane Province.