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15.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 36" captionStartId="F36" captionText="Figure 36. Shell of Rhiostoma strubelli A lectotype SMF 130513 from S-Shan Staaten: Kalow B-E specimens CUMZ 10200 from Vieng Phuka, Luang Namtha, Laos and E with long breathing device F specimen CUMZ 10047 from Xishuangbanna Botanical Garden, Yunnan, China." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1142.90097.figure36" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/799894" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 36</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 41" captionStartId="F41" captionText="Figure 41. Shell of Rhiostoma platymorpha sp. nov. A holotype CUMZ 4498 / 1 from Tham Muang On, Mae On, Chiang Mai B paratype CUMZ 4763 from type locality C, D paratypes CUMZ 4498 / 2 from type locality E, F specimens CUMZ 4783 from Tham Bua Tong, Mae Tang, Chiang Mai (with F albinistic shell form)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1142.90097.figure41" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/799899" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 41B</figureCitation>
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, 1899: 166. Type locality: Kalow, 5000',
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Shan Staaten [Kalaw, Taunggyi District, Shan State, Myanmar].
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: 179. Kobelt 1911: 763, pl. 113, fig. 11.
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: 174.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Type material.</paragraph>
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The original description did not explicitly indicate the number of specimens, and was without illustration or explicit designation of the name-bearing type, although one set of measurements was given in
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(1899)
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. Later, Kobelt (1911: pl. 113, fig. 11) illustrated this species for the first time, and then
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recognised this figured specimen (SMF 130513) as the
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. This SMF collection lot contains only one specimen; therefore, the subsequent use of the term
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in
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constitutes a valid lectotype designation.
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(designation in
<bibRefCitation author="Zilch, A" journalOrPublisher="Archiv fuer Molluskenkunde" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="171 - 196" refId="B188" refString="Zilch, A, 1956. Die typen und typoide des Natur-Museums Senckenberg, 18, Mollusca Cyclophoridae, Cyclophorinae (4). Archiv fuer Molluskenkunde 85: 171 - 196" title="Die typen und typoide des Natur-Museums Senckenberg, 18, Mollusca Cyclophoridae, Cyclophorinae (4)." volume="85" year="1956">Zilch (1956)</bibRefCitation>
) SMF 130513 (Fig.
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) from S-Shan Staaten: Kalow, 5000'.
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Shell of
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lectotype SMF 130513 from S-Shan Staaten: Kalow
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specimens CUMZ 10200 from Vieng Phuka, Luang Namtha, Laos and
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with long breathing device
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specimen CUMZ 10047 from Xishuangbanna Botanical Garden, Yunnan, China.
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: Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Mengla County, Xishuangbanna Prefecture,
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: CUMZ 10047 (7 shells; Fig.
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: Khao Pa Huak, Vieng Phuka District,
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: CUMZ 10200 (29 shells; Figs
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,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 42" captionStartId="F42" captionText="Figure 42. Radula morphology A Rhiostoma asiphon CUMZ 4826 from Angthong Islands, Surat Thani B Rhiostoma strubelli specimen CUMZ 10200 from Vieng Phuka, Luang Namtha, Laos C Rhiostoma breviocollar sp. nov. paratypes CUMZ 4491 from type locality D Rhiostoma anceyi sp. nov. paratype CUMZ 4494 / 2 from type locality E Rhiostoma furfurosum sp. nov. paratype CUMZ 4705 / 2 from type locality F Rhiostoma platymorpha sp. nov. paratype CUMZ 4763 from type locality." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1142.90097.figure42" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/799900" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">42B</figureCitation>
).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Shell small, thin, and depressed; detached whorl shorter than apertural width. Shell with brownish zigzag patterns. Breathing device short and incomplete tube shape.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Differential diagnosis.</paragraph>
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can be distinguished from
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and
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sp. nov. by having a smaller shell, very short detached whorl, incomplete tubular shape of breathing device, and apex with dark colouration. In contrast,
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has a canal-shaped breathing device with a monochrome shell, while
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">R. tigrina</emphasis>
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sp. nov. has a long, detached whorl and short to long breathing device with complete tube shape.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Description.</paragraph>
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.
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Shell small, cW 17.3-22.9 mm, cH 8.5-12.0 mm, thin, and sub-discoidal shell; detached-whorl length 2.0-7.0 mm. Apex acute and dark colouration; spire slightly elevated. Whorls 4 to 5, convex, increasing regularly; suture wide and shallow; last whorl rounded. Shell surface with fine growth lines. Periostracum thin, corneous, and transparent. Shell colour with brown zigzag pattern, and narrow dark brown spiral band on periphery. Detached whorl shorter than apertural width. Peristome circular and double; lip thickened and slightly expanded. Aperture opened sub-laterally. Breathing device with incomplete tube shape; outer lip protruded into a nearly closed tube; inner lip with deep incision or small hole inside aperture. Umbilicus widely opened and deep. Operculum calcareous, low cup-shaped, and multispiral (Fig.
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.
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Teeth arrangement and shape are similar to
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. Central tooth with large central cusp and two lateral cusps on each side. Lateral teeth having four cusps; central cusp large, triangular, and flanked by two small inner cusps and one outer cusp. Marginal teeth each consisting of three pointed cusps (Fig.
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).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Distribution.</paragraph>
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This species is known from Kalaw, Shan State, Myanmar. This study recorded specimens from Luang Namtha Province, Laos, and Yunnan in China (Fig.
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).
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This species is previously known only from the holotype from the south of Shan State, Myanmar, which is close to northern Thailand and Laos. However, no
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specimens collected from northern Thailand could be identified as this species. The specimen from Luang Namtha Province, Laos and Yunnan Province, China are very similar to the lectotype in having short detached whorl and breathing device with an incomplete tube shape. The only difference is in having darker irregular blotches on the shell than the type specimen, and this is considered as intrapopulation variation.
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