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

By

Hwang, Chung-Chi
Wu, Shu-Ping

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

795

Pages

115-126

Subjects

Anatomy , Gastropoda , land snail , sinistral , Stylommatophora , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.795.28958

 

Abstract

Two new sinistral species of the genusSatsumaA. Adams, 1868,Satsumasquamigerasp. n.andSatsumaadiriensissp. n., from southern Taiwan are described.Satsumasquamigerasp. 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.Satsumaadiriensissp. 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.