Paropeas turricula ( von Martens, 1860 )

Man, Nem Sian, Ablett, Jonathan D., Lwin, Ngwe, Sutcharit, Chirasak & Panha, Somsak, 2024, Contributions on a small collection of the former Subulinidae Fischer & Crosse, 1877 (Eupulmonata, Achatinoidea) with catalogue of the Glessula and Rishetia species recorded from Myanmar, ZooKeys 1208, pp. 173-239 : 173-239

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.3897/zookeys.1208.116083

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13137142

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scientific name

Paropeas turricula ( von Martens, 1860 )
status

 

25 Paropeas turricula ( von Martens, 1860)

Fig. 12 G, H View Figure 12 , Table 1 View Table 1

Stenogyra turricula von Martens, 1860: 9. Type locality: Siam [ Thailand]. von Martens 1867: 82, 83, pl. 22, fig. 7. View in CoL

Paropeas turricula View in CoL — Naggs 1994: 188. Maassen 2001: 81.

Prosopeas turricul a — Pilsbry 1906: 30, 31, pl. 3, figs 95, 96. Inkhavilay et al. 2019: 52.

Type specimens.

Syntypes NHMUK 1859.8. 1.10 (3 shells; Fig. 12 G View Figure 12 ) from Siam.

Other material.

Phra (Buddha) Cave, Tanintharyi Region, Myanmar (11 ° 14 ' 01.5 " N, 99 ° 10 ' 42.8 " E): CUMZ 13075 (1 shell). The limestone karsts located close to Lampane Village, Tanintharyi Region, Myanmar (11 ° 40 ' 18.1 " N, 99 ° 13 ' 30.1 " E): CUMZ 13076 (2 shells; Fig. 12 H View Figure 12 ).

Description.

Shell slender, conical, translucent, whitish colour, and with 8–8 ½ whorls. Apex rounded; protoconch ~ 2 whorls, turreted and with nearly smooth to fine radial striations; subsequent whorls with dense and fine radial striations. Spire high, turreted, gradually, and cylindrically tapering; whorls flatly convex, last three whorls nearly equal; suture deep. Aperture narrowly ovate and elongate; peristome thin; columella truncated and concave; columellar margin slightly expanded. Umbilicus narrowly opened to closed.

Distribution.

This species was first described in Thailand, then subsequently recorded in Laos and Malaysia ( Naggs 1994; Maassen 2001; Inkhavilay et al. 2019), and is here reported from the Tanintharyi Region, Myanmar.

Remarks.

Paropeas turricula can be differentiated from P. tchehelense by its slender shell, cylindrically turreted spire, and finer striations, while P. tchehelense has a broader and larger shell, a more rounded and broader spire, and stronger radial striations. This species can also be separated from P. terebralis from Shan State by having finer sculpture, flatly convex whorls, shallower suture, and embryonic whorls that are more turreted with nearly smooth to weaker striations, whereas P. terebralis displays a more elongated shell, thicker sculptures, more convex whorls, deeper suture, and embryonic whorls more rounded with stronger striations. Paropeas swettenhami has a larger shell, stronger striations, and wider and more deeply concave columella.

NHMUK

Natural History Museum, London

CUMZ

Cameroon University, Museum of Zoology

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

SuperOrder

Eupulmonata

Order

Stylommatophora

SuperFamily

Achatinoidea

Family

Subulinidae

Genus

Paropeas

Loc

Paropeas turricula ( von Martens, 1860 )

Man, Nem Sian, Ablett, Jonathan D., Lwin, Ngwe, Sutcharit, Chirasak & Panha, Somsak 2024
2024
Loc

Paropeas turricula

Maassen WJM 2001: 81
Naggs F 1994: 188
1994
Loc

Prosopeas turricul

Inkhavilay K & Sutcharit C & Bantaowong U & Chanabun R & Siriwut W & Srisonchai R & Pholyotha A & Jirapatrasilp P & Panha S 2019: 52
Pilsbry HA 1906: 30
1906
Loc

Stenogyra turricula

von Martens E 1860: 9
1860