Subfamily Laotiinae Páll-Gergely subfam. nov.

(Fig. 13C–F)

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Tope genus: Laotia Saurin, 1953 .

Content: Laotia Saurin, 1953 (Fig. 13C) and Messageria Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1904 (Fig. 13D–F), containing three and two species, respectively.

Diagnosis: Inner tube missing, but a series of distinct inner sutural chambers situated below the suture; as the shell grows, old chambers are closed and new ones open, four or five open simultaneously; microtunnels long (start in umbilical area), two or three connected to a single sutural chamber.

Distribution: Northern Laos, Northern Vietnam, Southern China (Guangxi) (Fig. 11).