First record of the land gastropod genus Otesiopsis from South Korea (Helicarionoidea Bourguignat, 1877)

By

Kimura, Kazuki
Chiba, Satoshi
Pak, Jae-Hong

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019-11-08

Original Publication

Biodiversity data journal

Volume

7

Pages

1--1

Subjects

Conservation , Geographic distribution , insular biodiversity , Land snails , new records

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers [2013]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.7.e46984
eLocator: e46984

 

Abstract

Otesiopsis Habe, 1946 is a land snail genus, which is known so far from Japan and Taiwan. Individuals of this genus were collected from Gageodo Island, South Korea. This is the first record of the genus Otesiopsis from this country. The individuals from Gageodo Island appear to be a new species because of their unique shell morphologies, while the details of their anatomy are still lacking. Further studies are encouraged to investigate the taxonomic and conservation status of the genus Otesiopsis in South Korea.