Zootecus insularis (Ehrenberg, 1831)

Sajan, S. K., Tripathy, Basudev & Biswas, Tulika, 2018, Species inventory of land and freshwater Molluscs from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states of India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (2), pp. 141-155 : 144

Zootecus insularis (Ehrenberg, 1831) [ Plate 1 ; Figure E]

Materials examined: Ethipothala lake falls (5 exs.), Date: 01.ix.2016, Coll: Dr Varadaraju and Party; Date :

01.ix.2016, Reg. No: M 29434/7; Near DFO office, Nalgonala (4 exs.), Date: 30.viii.2016, Coll: Dr Varadaraju and Party, Reg. No: M 29433/7; Nagarjuna sagar (4 exs.), Date: 31.viii.16, Coll: Dr Varadaraju and Party, Reg. No: M29436/7

Shell characters: Shell sub-cylindrical, attenuate, small, pale, white, thick, very narrowly perforate, finely marked by vertical striae which are bent at the suture, a few faint spiral striae also present; Whorls7-8, the last whorl ascending a little in front, fairly convex; aperture sub-vertical, semi-ovate, angled above, columella thickened, slightly reflected, outer lip thickened inside.

Known distribution range: Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh.

IUCN status: This taxon has not yet been assessed by the IUCN Red List.

Figures

Plate 1. ACyclophorus polynema (Pfeiffer, 1854); B. Pterocyclus rupestris Benson, 1832; C. Rachis punctatus (Anton, 1839); D. Glessula subtornensis Gude, 1914; E. Zootecus insularis (Ehrenberg, 1831); F. Kaliella barrakporensis (Pfeiffer, 1852)