A new species of cyclophorid land snail (Caenogastropoda: Cyclophoridae) from the coastal regions of Maharashtra, India
Bhosale, A.; Thackeray, T.; Yadav, O.; Khandekar, A.; White, T.S.; Raheem, D.C. (2025). A new species of cyclophorid land snail (Caenogastropoda: Cyclophoridae) from the coastal regions of Maharashtra, India. Moll. Res. 45(2): 157-169. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2025.2462864
In: Molluscan Research. Malacological Society of Australasia: Sydney. ISSN 1323-5818; e-ISSN 1448-6067, more
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Taxonomic status > New taxa > New species
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- Bhosale, A.
- Thackeray, T.
- Yadav, O.
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- Khandekar, A.
- White, T.S.
- Raheem, D.C.
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| Abstract |
We describe a new species of cyclophorid land snail, Theobaldius? konkanensis n. sp., from the coastal and lower elevational region of the northern Western Ghats in Maharashtra, India. Theobaldius? konkanensis n. sp. can be differentiated from other species of Theobaldius Nevill, 1878 by the combination of a conoidally depressed shell with a more elevated spire, a deep notch on the apertural margin overhung by a prominent raised fold, and an operculum with the edges of the whorls conspicuously raised and bearing short spines. We provide a detailed description of the new species, focusing on the shell, operculum, jaw and radula, and the external morphology of the living animal; we map its distribution using recently collected data, and compare it with other species of Theobalidus and other cyclophoroidean genera. |
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