The land snail genus Macrochlamys Gray, 1847 from Thailand, with descriptions of five new species (Pulmonata: Ariophantidae)
Author
Pholyotha, Arthit
Author
Sutcharit, Chirasak
Author
Panha, Somsak
text
Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
2018
2018-12-03
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763
781
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5460634
2345-7600
5460634
1E7214C5-24E8-4860-BF13-203FD93A2C19
Genus
Macrochlamys
Gray, 1847
Macrochlamys
Gray, 1847: 169
–
Benson, 1832: 13
, 76 [unavailable];
Benson, 1836: 350
, 351 [unavailable];
Stoliczka, 1871: 246
;
Godwin-Austen, 1883: 76–84
;
Blanford & Godwin-Austen, 1908: 77–79
;
Zilch, 1959: 323
;
Thiele, 1931: 628
;
Schileyko, 2003: 1322
.
Tanychlamys
Benson, 1834: 89
[unavailable] –
Stoliczka, 1871: 247
.
Orobia
Albers, 1860: 57
.
Type
species.
Helix vitrinoides
Deshayes, 1831
, by monotypy.
Fig. 2. Living snails of
Macrochlamys
spp.
from Thailand. A,
Macrochlamys aurantia
new species
, paratype (CUMZ 7103), Thong Pha Phum, Kanchanaburi, shell width about 15 mm; B,
M. coleus
new species
, paratype (CUMZ 7106), Sai Yok, Kanchanaburi, shell width about 15 mm; C,
M. caverna
new species
, paratype (CUMZ 7109), Tha Wung, Lopburi, shell width about 17 mm; D,
M. lemma
new species
, paratype (CUMZ 7116), Ban Mi, Lopburi, shell width about 15 mm; E,
M. tanymentula
new species
, paratype (CUMZ 7119), Thong Pha Phum, Kanchanaburi, shell width about 10 mm; F,
M. kelantanensis
(CUMZ 7125), Lam Kaen, Phang-Nga, shell width about 20 mm.
Diagnostic description.
Shell small to large, dextral, depressed to semi-globose, thin, translucent, surface smooth and shiny, with 4–6 whorls. Last whorl rounded to slightly shouldered. Aperture lunate and normally with simple lip. Columellar margin slightly reflected near umbilicus. Umbilicus open or minutely open.
Genitalia with spirally coiled epiphallic caecum to which retractor muscle is attached. Flagellum, gametolytic organ, dart apparatus with retractor muscle and penial verge well developed. Animal with well-developed mantle edge with two shell-lobes and three dorsal-lobes (
Fig. 1
). Body colour variable, from black or grey to colourful orange or yellow (
Fig. 2
). Sole tripartite, caudal foss and caudal horn present.
Radula with symmetric tricuspid central tooth, asymmetric tricuspid lateral teeth and bicuspid marginal teeth.