Systematic revision of the Plectopylinae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Plectopylidae)
Author
Páll-Gergely, Barna
31E196E9-5A51-4295-9A36-D5DA689502B7
Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA), Herman Ottó Street 15, Budapest, H- 1022, Hungary.
pall-gergely.barna@agrar.mta.hu
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2018
2018-08-16
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journal article
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10.5852/ejt.2018.455
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Genus
Hunyadiscus
Páll-Gergely, 2016
Hunyadiscus
Páll-Gergely in
Páll-Gergely
et al.
, 2016: 6
.
Type
species
Hunyadiscus saurini
Páll-Gergely, 2016
, by original designation.
Species included
Hunyadiscus andersoni
(
Blanford, 1869
)
,
H. saurini
Páll-Gergely, 2016
and
H. tigrina
sp. nov.
Diagnosis
The discovery of
Hunyadiscus tigrina
sp. nov.
extends our knowledge of the geographic distribution and shell morphology of the genus
Hunyadiscus
. Most importantly, however, it represents the first known record of the anatomy of this genus. Therefore, the diagnosis of
Hunyadiscus
is extended.
Shell dextral, body whorl bluntly keeled or bluntly shouldered; protoconch with strong spiral and radial lines (spiral lines stronger than or as strong as radial lines); apertural fold absent; parietal wall with only a single lamella, or with a lamella and some additional plicae/denticles anteriorly and/or posteriorly; palatal plicae slightly sinuate, usually horizontal. Penis short, inner penial wall with a thickened, flashy structure that is rounded in the proximal part of the penis, and divided in the middle towards the distal penial part; bursa copulatrix short with ovoid bursa; diverticulum absent.
Differential diagnosis
Hunyadiscus
differs from all other plectopylid genera by the protoconch sculpture, which is characterized by both radial and spiral lines, the spirals being dominant or as strong as the radial lines. The most closely related genus is probably
Naggsia
Páll-Gergely & Muratov, 2016
, because of the similar dextral coiling direction, the presence of spiral striation on the protoconch, the apertural fold absent or very weak and the absence of an epiphallus and because of the close geographic proximity. The two genera differ from each other in the following shell and anatomical characters: the shape of the body whorl is keeled/shouldered in
Hunyadiscus
and rounded in
Naggsia
; the protoconch bears a strong spiral striation in
Hunyadiscus
, and has extremely fine spiral lines in
Naggsia
; the inner penial wall has parallel folds in
Naggsia
, but a proximally rounded and distally divided, fleshy structure in
Hunyadiscus
; the diverticulum is well-developed in
Naggsia
, and absent in
Hunyadiscus
.
Distribution
Northern
Laos
, northern
Thailand
, southern
Kachin State
of
Myanmar
, and the bordering Chinese region.
Remarks
Table 1
summarizes the key characters of species of
Hunyadiscus
.