Chloritis (?) bifoveata (Benson, 1856)

Pall-Gergely, Barna & Neubert, Eike, 2019, New insights in Trichochloritis Pilsbry, 1891 and its relatives (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Camaenidae), ZooKeys 865, pp. 137-154 : 143-144

Chloritis (?) bifoveata (Benson, 1856) Figs 15-17

Helix bifoveata Benson, 1856: 251.

Chloritis bifoveata : Sutcharit and Panha 2010: 278-283, figs 1A, B, 2 A–F, 3 A–D, table 1.

Specimens examined.

Thailand: Krabi: Phanom Benja National Park, Huai To waterfall and surrounding rain forest, 120 m, 08°14'21"N, 098°54'52"E, 08°14'08"N, 098°55'12"E, leg. Hausdorf, 28.07.2010, ZMH 51997/2.

Remarks.

For a detailed description of the shell refer to Sutcharit & Panha, 2010. Our data on the reproductive anatomy largely matches that of Sutcharit and Panha (2010), with the following two exceptions: the flagellum is relatively long and slender, and the penial verge is not irregularly shaped but conical and deeply grooved with the folds starting from the epiphallus.

Figures

Figures 15 - 17. Chloritis (?) bifoveata 15 shell of dissected specimens of Chloritis bifoveata (Thailand: Krabi: Phanom Benja National Park, ZMH 51997) 16 Situs of its genital organs 17 Penial verge of Chloritis bifoveata. A: verge visible from penis lumen; B: starting to penial verge from epiphallus; C: epiphallus opened until penial verge. Scale bar 1 mm.