The genera Erhaia and Tricula (Gastropoda, Rissooidea, Amnicolidae and Pomatiopsidae) in Bhutan and elsewhere in the eastern Himalaya
Author
Gittenberger, Edmund
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P. O. Box 9517, NL- 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
egittenberger@yahoo.com
Author
Leda, Pema
National Biodiversity Centre, Serbithang, Thimphu, Bhutan
Author
Wangchuk, Jigme
Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and Environmental Research, Bumthang, Bhutan
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3503-4369
Author
Gyeltshen, Choki
National Biodiversity Centre, Serbithang, Thimphu, Bhutan
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6790-6278
Author
Bjoern Stelbrink,
Department of Animal Ecology & Systematics, Justus Liebig University, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26 - 32 IFZ, D- 35392 Giessen, Germany & Zoological Institute, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel, Vesalgasse 1, 4051 Basel, Switzerland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7471-4992
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.929.49987
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Erhaia banepaensis Nesemann & S. Sharma, 2007
Fig. 8
Erhaia banepaensis
Nesemann & S. Sharma, in
Nesemann et al. 2007
: 64 ("Nepal, Central Zone, Kavre District, small forest stream, left tributary of the Chandeswari Khola upstream from Chandeshwari at Banepa"; the altitude is not indicated).
Shell.
The shells are described by Nesemann and Sharma (2007: 64) as 1.6-2.0 mm high, with 4-
41/2
"convex"
whorls, an aperture that is "ovate but not widened and not enlarged", with an inner lip that is "thin and fused to the body whorl"; it can be distinguished from the other Nepalese
Erhaia
species by the "conical and compact shape" and
"convex"
whorls (2007: 65).
Material examined
(photo only).
Holotype
.
(NHMW 1033159).
Notes.
Nesemann and S. Sharma are mentioned as authors for this species, without specifying for what part of the text in
Nesemann et al (2007)
they have responsibility.
According to
Nesemann et al. (2007
: 64)
E. banepaensis
occurs sympatrically with
E. chandeshwariensis
at the shared type locality of these species.
Erhaia banepaensis
is supposed to be more widely distributed in Nepal between 1400 and 2085 m a.s.l., but the type series is restricted to the holotype (NHMW 103319 [not 1033159]) and a paratype (NHMW 103320). The location of the additional material is not indicated.
Figure 13.
Habitat of
Tricula montana
; Bhutan, district Mongar, Chhuburee, 818 m a.s.l. Photo by JW.