Two new species of Satsuma A. Adams, 1868 from Taiwan (Pulmonata, Camaenidae)

Authors: Hwang, Chungchi Country: Taiwan DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.795.28958 Published: Jan. 1, 2018 Source: ZooKeys OpenAlex: View in OpenAlex

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: anatomy · Topics: Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology, Mollusks and Parasites Studies, Study of Mite Species

Two new sinistral species of the genus Satsuma A. Adams, 1868, Satsuma squamigera sp. n. and Satsuma adiriensis sp. n., from southern Taiwan are described. Satsuma squamigera sp. n. is characterized by a microsculpture comprising coarse, irregularly-spaced ridges and dense, easily-dislodged triangular scales on its sinistral shell, an angulated periphery, and partly-opened umbilicus. This species inhabits secondary forests in lowland hills. Satsuma adiriensis sp. n. is characterized by a thin, fragile smooth shell with microsculpture of coarse, loose ridges, a rounded periphery, completely-opened umbilicus, and elongated penial verge formed by two main pilasters. This new species was collected in a mountainous, mid-elevation, broad-leafed forest.

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