The genera Erhaia and Tricula (Gastropoda, Rissooidea, Amnicolidae and Pomatiopsidae) in Bhutan and elsewhere in the eastern Himalaya

By

Gittenberger, Edmund
Leda, Pema
Wangchuk, Jigme
Gyeltshen, Choki
Stelbrink, Björn

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

929

Pages

1--17

Subjects

16S rRNA , Bhutan , Distribution , Erhaia , India , Nepal , taxonomy , Tricula

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.929.49987

 

Abstract

Shells of the Rissooidea species that are known from Bhutan are characterized. Tricula montana is reported from that country for the first time. Two Erhaia species from Bhutan are described as new to science, viz. E. janneisp. nov., and E. pelkiaesp. nov., The holotypes of the Erhaia species that were described from Nepal are figured with photographs for the first time and compared with the congeneric taxa from Bhutan and India. Erhaia nainitalensis is considered a senior synonym of E. chandeshwariensis. An identification key is presented for the Erhaia species of the Himalayan foothills.