Laeocathaica dejeana (Heude, 1882)

Figs 2A, 13A, B

Helix dejeana Heude, 1882: 21, pl. 20, fig. 17; - Möllendorff 1884: 340, 352.

Helix (Cathaica) dejeana - Pilsbry 1892: 215, pl. 49, figs 36-38.

Cathaica dejeana - Möllendorff, 1899: 73; - Yen 1938: 446; - Yen 1939: 141, pl. 14, fig. 46; - Yen 1942: 278.

Cathaica (Pseudiberus) dejeana - Gude 1902: 8.

Cathaica (Campylocathaica) dejeana - Richardson 1983: 51; - Chen and Zhang 2004: 270, fig. 255.

Laeocathaica dejeana - Wu 1999: 148, fig. 6.13-1; - Chen and Zhang 2004: 337, fig. 330; - Páll-Gergely et al. 2022: 56, fig. 15.

Museum material.

SMF 23919, lectotype. NHMUK 1902.5.13.1-2, 2 juv shells; W. Setchuan, W. China .

Distribution.

Sichuan: western region (type locality) including Kangding [康定].

Additional information of shell.

Protoconch has small granules. Spiral grooves are absent throughout the shell. Shell surface has tiny scales.

Anatomy of genital organs.

Penis as long as dart sac, distally expanded. Vas deferens narrow throughout. Vagina between atrium and dart sac not elongated. Vagina between dart sac and insertion of bursa copulatrix duct ~ 1/2 length of dart sac. Love dart ~ 2 mm long, apically 2-bladed. Accessory sac small but distinguishable from outside, inserting into dart sac at middle part, opening to distal dart chamber. Mucous glands two, each complicatedly branched. Bursa copulatrix duct of equal thickness, as long as dart sac. Bursa copulatrix ovate (Wu 1999: 148, fig. 6.13-1).