taxonID	type	description	language	source
38ABD024CEC7534FABB62D57FF53F21B.taxon	description	Table 2, Figs 1, 6, 7, 8	en	Xu, Yi-Bin, Meng, Yuan-Zheng, Zeng, Sheng, Wang, Hang-Jun, Zhong, Shen, Yang, De-Yuan, Zhou, Xi-Ping, Glasby, Christopher J. (2025): A new species of Semisulcospira O. Boettger, 1886 (Gastropoda, Cerithoidea, Semisulcospiridae) from Fujian, China with mitochondrial genome and its phylogenetic implications. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101 (1): 17-34, DOI: 10.3897/zse.101.136882
38ABD024CEC7534FABB62D57FF53F21B.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Viviparous. Shell medium size, up to 25 mm, yellow-brownish, elongate, smooth, thin, comprising seven to nine whorls. Pregnant female bears about 150 embryos. Embryonic shell about 0.5 mm in length. Only known in Xiamen, Fujian Province, China.	en	Xu, Yi-Bin, Meng, Yuan-Zheng, Zeng, Sheng, Wang, Hang-Jun, Zhong, Shen, Yang, De-Yuan, Zhou, Xi-Ping, Glasby, Christopher J. (2025): A new species of Semisulcospira O. Boettger, 1886 (Gastropoda, Cerithoidea, Semisulcospiridae) from Fujian, China with mitochondrial genome and its phylogenetic implications. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101 (1): 17-34, DOI: 10.3897/zse.101.136882
38ABD024CEC7534FABB62D57FF53F21B.taxon	description	Description. Shell (Fig. 6 A – F, Table 2, n = 45). Shell height 10.7 – 24.1 mm, width 5.7 – 11.7 mm, body whorl height 7.1 – 16.6 mm, aperture width 3.2 – 6.2 mm, aperture height 4.8 – 12.2 mm. Shell elongate, conical, thin, brown to yellowish-brown, sometimes with 1 – 3 brown bands and black sediment, five to seven whorls. Shell surface smooth, without any spiral ridges or ribs. Apex always eroded. Aperture ovate. Measurements and counts are shown in Table 1. External morphology (Fig. 1, n = 20). Snout, neck, sides of foot black in color with golden spots on tentacles. Snout broad, squarish, with long cephalic tentacles, tentacles significantly longer than snout in length. Viviparous. Mantle edge smooth. Operculum (Fig. 6 A, n = 17). Corneous, ovate, brown, with approximately 3 whorls. Nucleus of operculum in lower one third of the operculum. Radula (Fig. 7 A, B, n = 9). Central teeth with one large central triangular cusp, and three to four conical denticles on each side, lateral teeth with single prominent triangular cusp, with two to three small denticles on each side, inner marginal teeth with four to five and outer with five to seven flattened, rounded denticles. Midgut (Fig. 8 A, n = 4). Oesophagus opening under ledge on the left side of midgut floor. Marginal fold extending anteriorly from oesophageal aperture alongside major typhlosole, then turning posteriorly bordering right margin of sorting area. Sorting area triangular, posterior tip curving left around sorting area pad. Midgut roof left of sorting area coarsely folded and cuticularised. Gastric shield tongue-shaped and concave. Glandular pad small, triangular, overhanging lip forming shallow pocket behind gastric shield and curving right. Crescentic ridge long, shallow, deep crescentic groove. Caecal fold along midgut floor opposite caecum. Style sac U-shaped, in contact with intestinal groove.	en	Xu, Yi-Bin, Meng, Yuan-Zheng, Zeng, Sheng, Wang, Hang-Jun, Zhong, Shen, Yang, De-Yuan, Zhou, Xi-Ping, Glasby, Christopher J. (2025): A new species of Semisulcospira O. Boettger, 1886 (Gastropoda, Cerithoidea, Semisulcospiridae) from Fujian, China with mitochondrial genome and its phylogenetic implications. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101 (1): 17-34, DOI: 10.3897/zse.101.136882
38ABD024CEC7534FABB62D57FF53F21B.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The word egretta means “ egret ” in Latin. Egret is the city bird of Xiamen, which also suggests the type locality of this species. We suggest the Chinese common name as “ 白鹭短沟蜷 ”.	en	Xu, Yi-Bin, Meng, Yuan-Zheng, Zeng, Sheng, Wang, Hang-Jun, Zhong, Shen, Yang, De-Yuan, Zhou, Xi-Ping, Glasby, Christopher J. (2025): A new species of Semisulcospira O. Boettger, 1886 (Gastropoda, Cerithoidea, Semisulcospiridae) from Fujian, China with mitochondrial genome and its phylogenetic implications. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101 (1): 17-34, DOI: 10.3897/zse.101.136882
