Contributions on a small collection of the former Subulinidae Fischer & Crosse, 1877 (Eupulmonata, Achatinoidea) with catalogue of the Glessula and Rishetia species recorded from Myanmar
Author
Man, Nem Sian
0000-0002-4453-734X
Animal Systematics Research Unit, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand & Department of Zoology, University of Yangon, University Avenue Road, Kamayut Township 11041, Yangon, Myanmar
Author
Ablett, Jonathan D.
0000-0002-7277-1934
Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW 7 5 BD, UK
Author
Lwin, Ngwe
0000-0002-4394-3741
Fauna and Flora International, No. 35, 3 rd Floor, Shan Gone Condo, Myay Ni Gone Market Street, Sanchaung Township, Yangon, Myanmar
Author
Sutcharit, Chirasak
0000-0001-7670-9540
Animal Systematics Research Unit, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
Author
Panha, Somsak
0000-0002-4431-2458
Animal Systematics Research Unit, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand & Academy of Science, The Royal Society of Thailand, Bangkok 10300, Thailand
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Rishetia kentungensis
(
Godwin-Austen, 1920
)
comb. nov.
Fig. 14 E, F
Glessula kentungensis
Godwin-Austen, 1920: 57
, 58. Type locality: Mong Sing,
Siam
Boundary [Muang Sing District,
Luang Namtha Province
,
Laos
].
Inkhavilay et al. 2019: 49
, fig. 20 b.
Type specimens.
Syntypes
NHMUK
1903.7. 1.3650
[re-registered in error as 1986002] (3 shells + 1 juvenile; Fig.
14 E, F
) collected by
Woodthorpe
ex. Godwin-Austen collection from
Mong Sing
,
Siam
Boundary
.
Other material.
NHMUK
1903.7. 1.3748 (4 shells) collected by Woodthorpe ex. Godwin-Austen collection from the Mekong River.
Diagnosis.
Shell elongate, turreted, and regularly attenuated; apex rounded, blunt and with very large embryonic shell; subsequent whorls nearly smooth throughout, and prominent irregularly spaced radial ridges near suture. Suture impressed and whorls slightly flattened. Aperture broadly ovate; columella strong, concave, and truncated.
Distribution.
This species was initially found in
Laos
; however, as noted by
Godwin-Austen (1920)
, its presence in the Mekong River region is assumed to likely extend to the East Shan State.
Remarks.
The original description gave the measurements for only one shell and did not include an illustration.
Godwin-Austen (1920)
clearly states the collection locality and the catalogue number ‘ Type No. 3650
B
. M
. ’. The
NHMUK
collections contain a lot of
four specimens
from the Godwin-Austen ex. Woodthorpe collection with an original label stating ‘ Type’ and giving the collection locality as ‘ Mong Sing,
Siam
Boundary’. The
two specimens
match well with the original description, and shell dimensions are illustrated herein. Another specimen, lot ‘ No. 3748
B
. M
. ’ from the ‘ Mekong River’, is excluded from the type series of this nominal species.
Originally, the type locality was said to be from ‘ Mong Sing,
Siam
Boundary’; currently, this locality refers to Muang Sing District,
Luang Namtha Province
,
Laos
. The specimen
NHMUK
1903.7. 1.3748, collected from the ‘ Mekong River’ by Colonel R. G. Woodthorpe, has a vague locality that could possibly encompass the East Shan State (formerly Keng Tung State) and the
Bokeo
and
Luang Namtha
provinces in
Laos
.