Two new species of terrestrial microsnails of the genus Hypselostoma W.H. Benson, 1856 (Gastropoda, Eupulmonata, Hypselostomatidae) from northeastern Thailand

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Keywords: Apertural barriers · Topics: Mollusks and Parasites Studies, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology

Two new species of hypselostomatid land microsnails, Hypselostoma pongrati Tanmuangpak & S. Tumpeesuwan, sp. nov. from Nong Bua Lamphu Province and H. sichomphuense Tanmuangpak & S. Tumpeesuwan, sp. nov. from Khon Kaen Province, are described based on the morphology of their shell, radula, and genital system. Both new species are very similar in shell shape to H. phupaman from Chaiyaphum Province, possessing a double-keeled last whorl. However, H. pongrati Tanmuangpak & S. Tumpeesuwan, sp. nov. is distinguished by the absence of apertural barriers, whereas H. sichomphuense Tanmuangpak & S. Tumpeesuwan, sp. nov. possesses three apertural barriers, and H. phupaman possesses six or seven. The three species were found on isolated limestone hills in the Chaiyaphum-Khon Kaen-Nong Bua Lamphu-Loei area.

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