Macrochlamys (?) mitis (Pfeiffer, 1863)

Inkhavilay, Khamla, Sutcharit, Chirasak, Bantaowong, Ueangfa, Chanabun, Ratmanee, Siriwut, Warut, Srisonchai, Ruttapon, Pholyotha, Arthit, Jirapatrasilp, Parin & Panha, Somsak, 2019, Annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs from Laos (Mollusca, Gastropoda), ZooKeys 834, pp. 1-166 : 1

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.834.28800

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scientific name

Macrochlamys (?) mitis (Pfeiffer, 1863)
status

 

Macrochlamys (?) mitis (Pfeiffer, 1863) View in CoL

Helix mitis Pfeiffer, 1863a[1862]: 268. Type locality: Lao Mountains, Camboja [Cambodia or Laos]. Pfeiffer 1868a: 141.

Ariophanta (Kaliella) mitis : Fischer 1891: 21.

Hyalinia mitis : Fischer and Dautzenberg 1904: 396.

Material examined.

Syntypes NHMUK ex. Cuming collection from "Lao Mountains, Camboja" (2 shells; Fig. 37B).

Distribution.

Cambodia and Laos ( Fischer 1891).

Remarks.

No material of this species was found, and only the type specimens were examined. The generic placement of this species is provisional. We placed this species into Macrochlamys s.l. because it has a depressed conic shell, thin and translucent shell, smooth and shining shell surface, with 4 to 7 whorls and the last whorl rounded, and a simple apertural lip. However, this species differs slightly from Macrochlamys s.l. in having varices and a widely opened umbilicus (see Godwin-Austen (1883: 76-84) and Blanford and Godwin-Austen (1908: 77-79) for further comparison).