Sulcospira sulcospira (Mousson, 1849)

Marwoto, Ristiyanti M. & Isnaningsih, Nur R., 2012, The Freshwater Snail Genus Sulcospira Troschel, 1857 From Java, With Description Of A New Species From Tasikmalaya, West Java, Indonesia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pachychilidae), Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 60 (1), pp. 1-10 : 2

Sulcospira sulcospira (Mousson, 1849)

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Melania sulcospira: Mousson, 1849 [1848]: 269; Mousson 1849b; 68, pl. 9, Fig. 3 .

Sulcospira sulcospira: Morrison, 1954: 381 ; van Benthem-Jutting, 1956: 368, 378. Fig. 77; Köhler & Glaubrecht, 2002b: 149, Fig. 3L ; Köhler & Glaubrecht, 2005: 18, Figs. 3–5 .

Diagnosis. — Shell small (holotype up to 23.2 mm), ovoidconical, apex eroded and up to six flattened whorls. Suture narrow. Shell yellowish to olive with brown vertical flames. Sculptured with spiral lirae that are more prominent at the base of body whorl. Aperture oval, slightly produced at the base. Operculum with four whorls regularly increasing in diameter with a sub-central nuleus. A more detailed description of the shell, operculum, protoconch, and radula is provided by Köhler & Glaubrecht (2005: 18).

Distribution. — Known only from the type locality “ Java ”

Figures

Fig. 1. Shell morphology of Sulcospira sulcospira, S. pisum, and S. testudinaria: A, holotype S. sulcospira (ZMZ 522306); B, lectotype of Melania pisum MHNG, Brot collection (Java); C, paralectotype of M. pisum, MHNG, Brot collection (Java); D–F, S. testudinaria: (D, MZB Gst.15.062; E, MZB.Gst.15.479; F, MZB Gst.15.481). Abbreviations: ZMZ, Zoologiches Museum der Universität Zürich; MHNG, Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Genève. Scale bar = 10 mm.

Fig. 3. External and internal morphology of S. kawaluensis new species: A, coiling animal; B, detail stomach. Abbreviations: cr, crescent folds; ct, crescent thickenings;dg, digestive gland; dgd, digestive gland duct; gp, gastric pad; lf, lateral fold; me, mantle edge; msc, columella muscle; sa, sorting area; sl, sole; ss, opening to style sac; stm, stomach. Scale bar = 1 mm.