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| Pupinidius pulchellus Chen, Dai, Wu & Ouyang, in Chen, Dai, Wu, Jiang et Ouyang, 2024. |
Abstract
Background: The genus Pupinidius Möllendorff, 1901 is endemic in China and Nepal and consists of 15 species. China is the distribution centre of it with 12 species being recorded.
New information: A new species, Pupinidius pulchellus Chen, Dai, Wu & Ouyang sp. nov. is described from Jiuzhaigou, Sichuan, China. It can be distinguished from congeneric species by the shell with wide and distinct radial stripes; the thin, slightly reflexed and reddish-brown peristome; the unpointed apex; the unfused A-1 and A-2; the sub-globular and well defined bursa copulatrix; the unexpanded diverticle and the presence of epiphallic caecum.
Keywords: conchology, taxonomy, land snail, Sichuan
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| Environment of the type locaity and living specimens. A Ancient Cliff Roadway; B juvenile; C dormant adults; D crawling adult. |
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| Pupinidius pulchellus sp. nov., holotype; |
Pupinidius pulchellus Chen, Dai, Wu & Ouyang sp. nov.
Diagnosis: Shell with wide and distinct radial stripes; peristome thin, slightly reflexed and reddish-brown; A-1 not fused with A-2; bursa copulatrix sub-globular and well defined; diverticle unexpanded; epiphallic caecum present.
Etymology: The specific name is made from the Latin pulchellus for pretty, alluding to the pretty stripes on the shell of this species. Vernacular name: 丽纹蛹巢螺 (Pinyin: li wen yong chao luo).
Zhong-Guang Chen, Yu-Ting Dai, Xiao-Ping Wu, Jiao Jiang and Shan Ouyang. 2024. A New Species of Pupinidius Möllendorff, 1901 (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Enidae) from Jiuzhaigou, Sichuan, China. Biodiversity Data Journal. 12: e123920. DOI: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.12.e123920
