Systematic revision of the snorkel snail genus Rhiostoma Benson, 1860 (Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda, Cyclophoridae) with descriptions of new species
Author
Tongkerd, Piyoros
Animal Systematics Research Unit, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
Author
Tumpeesuwan, Sakboworn
Animal Systematics Research Unit, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand & Present address: Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Mahasarakham University, Kantharawichai, Maha Sarakham 44150 Thailand
Author
Inkhavilay, Khamla
Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Science, National University of Laos, P. O. Box 7322, Dongdok, Vientiane, Laos
Author
Prasankok, Pongpun
School of Biology, Institute of Science, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima 30000, Thailand
Author
Jeratthitikul, Ekgachai
Animal Systematics and Molecular Ecology Laboratory, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Author
Panha, Somsak
Animal Systematics Research Unit, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
somsak.pan@chula.ac.th
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Sutcharit, Chirasak
Animal Systematics Research Unit, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
jirasak4@yahoo.com
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1142.90097
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Pterocyclos jousseaumei (Morgan, 1885)
Fig. 56
Rhiostoma jousseaumei
Morgan, 1885: 400, pl. 8, fig. 2. Type locality: la haute
vallee
de Kinta (
Perak
) [Kinta valley, Perak, Malaysia].
Moellendorff
1891
: 340.
Kobelt 1902
: 178. Kobelt 1911: 758, pl. 110, figs 11-13.
Laidlaw 1928
: 31.
Chang 1995
: 5 with text figure.
Foon et al. 2017
: 24, fig. 8f.
Rhiostoma
Rhiostoma
macalpine-woodsi Laidlaw, 1939: 166, with text figure. Type locality: Sungei Siput, Perak.
Sutcharit et al. 2019
: 37, fig. 8g.
Type material.
The type specimens
Rhiostoma jousseaumei
Morgan, 1885 could not be located in the MNHN collection.
Lectotype
(designation in
Sutcharit et al. (2019)
) NHMUK 1939.4.13.23 (Fig.
56D
) of
Rhiostoma macalpinewoodsi
Laidlaw, 1939, from Sungei Siput, Perak.
Other material examined.
Malaysia
: Specimen CUMZ 4752 (2 shells; Fig.
56B
) from Ipoh,
Perak State
. CUMZ 7457 (15 shells; Fig.
56C
) from Tanjung Rambutan, Kinta,
Perak State
. CUMZ 10213 (5 shells; Fig.
56E, F
) from Gunung Dato, Ipoh,
Perak State
.
Figure 56.
Shell of
Opisthoporus jousseaumei
A
original figure (after
Morgan 1885
: pl. 8, fig. 2)
B
specimen CUMZ 4752 from Ipoh,
Perak
,
Malaysia
C
specimen CUMZ 7457 from Kinta,
Perak
,
Malaysia
D
lectotype
of "
Rhiostoma macalpinewoodsi
Laidlaw, 1939" NHMUK 1939.4.13.23 from Sungei Siput,
Perak
E, F
specimens CUMZ 10213 from Gunung Dato, Ipoh,
Perak
,
Malaysia
.
Remarks.
Periostracum thin, corneous, shell varying from uniform colour to dark brown zigzag pattern; periphery with a thin spiral band. Detached-whorl length similar to apertural width. Peristome circular and double or boundary hardly visible; lip thick or thin, and not expanded to slightly expanded. Breathing device with incomplete tube or tubular shape, curved posteriorly and its tip usually attached to preceding whorl. Operculum calcareous, multispiral, and slightly concave on both surfaces.
An operculum accompanied the examined specimen and was also figured in
Morgan (1885)
: it was multispiral and plate-shaped (Fig.
56A, C
). With these observations, we suggest the re-assignment of this species to the
Pterocyclos
. This species can be separated from
Pterocyclos subalatus
Sykes, 1903,
Pterocyclos spelaeotes
(Tomlin, 1931), and
Pterocyclos umbraticus
(Benthem Jutting, 1949) from peninsular Malaysia in having the apertural lip thickened and usually not expanded (rarely slightly expanded), while the three species (Fig.
57A-C
) tend to have a widely expanded lip (see also
Sutcharit et al. 2014
). Furthermore,
P. subalatus
has no detached whorl but has a wide canal-shaped breathing device attached to the preceding whorl;
P. umbraticus
has a larger shell (width 27 mm), without a detached whorl, and an undulated shell surface.
Figure 57.
A
Pterocyclos subalatus
Sykes, 1903, holotype UMZC 1032 from Gunong Inas, Perak, Malay Peninsula
B
Pterocyclos spelaeotes
(Tomlin, 1931), lectotype NMW 1955.158.01107 from Batu Cave, Kula Lumpur, Selangor
C
Pterocyclos umbraticus
(Benthem Jutting, 1949), holotype ZMA 135622 from
Maxwell's
Hill, Perak, Malaysia
D
Cyclotus boxalli
syntype NHMUK 1894.5.23.1 from Kina Balu
E
Opisthoporus battambangensis
holotype MNHN-IM-2000-35506 from Battambang, Cambodia
F
Opisthoporus grohi
holotype MNHN-IM-2000-35507 from Dak Nong, Vietnam. Photograph: H Wood, NMW (B), M Caballer, A Lardeur and V Heros, MNHN (
E, F
).
Laidlaw (1939)
stated that
R. macalpinewoodsi
differed from
R. jousseaumei
in having a relatively small shell (height 6 mm, width 12 mm), with slightly thickened but not expanded apertural lip, a breathing device channel-like to short tubular [= incomplete tube] shape. Later,
Foon et al. (2017)
examined several specimens and found an intermediate shell form; the type locality of both nominal species is situated in the Kinta Valley, Perak State, peninsular Malaysia. In addition, the specimens examined herein show a mix between smaller shell (with incomplete tube) and larger shell (with tubular) forms in a single collection locality, with the intermediates as reported in
Foon et al. (2017)
. This distinctive shell size and breathing device could be attributed to intraspecific variation, and examination of more specimens and systematic study will help resolve this issue.