Genus Zootecus Westerlund, 1887

Zootecus Westerlund, 1887: 75. Kobelt 1902: 1022, 1032. von Martens 1895: 103. Pilsbry 1906: 104. Gude 1914: 366. Zilch 1959: 355. Schileyko 1999: 519, fig. 678. Neubert 2003: 154.

Obeliscella — Jousseaume, 1889: 359.

Chilogymnus — Jousseaume, 1894: 289.

Type species.

Pupa insularis Ehrenberg, 1831, subsequent designation by Kobelt (1902: 1022).

Diagnosis.

Shell pupiform; spire high, broad, cylindrical, and apex pointed; embryonic whorls smooth surface; subsequent whorls with irregularly dense, fine, coarse, or weak radial striations. Aperture oblique, broad, and oblong or rounded; columella straight. Penis long slender tube, and with slightly thickened wall and conical at base; vagina very much larger and muscularly thicker than male organ.

Remarks.

Zootecus can be distinctly distinguished from all subulinid taxa in Myanmar by its pupiform shell, broad spire, straight columella, thickened whitish peristome, and irregular coarse striations (Table 2).

The genus is distributed from the Cabo Verde Islands and the Sahara, extending eastwards to Arabia, Socotra Island, India, and Southeast Asia (Gude 1914; Solem 1966; Schileyko 1999; Neubert 2003). Currently, the genus consists of nine species, and two are known from Myanmar (Gude 1914; MolluscaBase 2023).