Pupina solidula Moellendorff , 1901

Jirapatrasilp, Parin, Sutcharit, Chirasak & Panha, Somsak, 2022, Annotated checklist of the operculated land snails from Thailand (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda): the family Pupinidae, with descriptions of several new species and subspecies, and notes on classification of Pupina Vignard, 1829 and Pupinella Gray, 1850 from mainland Southeast Asia, ZooKeys 1119, pp. 1-115 : 1

Pupina solidula Moellendorff, 1901

Figs 37N , 41E

Pupina (Tylotechus) solidula Möllendorff, 1901: 81. Type locality: Lang-son [Lang Son Province, Vietnam], Mansongebirge [Mou Son Mountain, northern Vietnam]. Zilch 1957: 45, pl. 2, fig. 14.

Pupina solidula - Fischer and Dautzenberg 1904: 432, Lang-Son; Monts Mauson, Tonkin; ile Ba-Moun, golfe du Tonkin [Bah Mun Island].

Type material examined.

Lectotype SMF 109915/1 (Figs 37N, 41E) from Lang Son, Tonkin.

Diagnosis.

Shell yellow, ovate-fusiform; last whorl ca. three quarters of shell height. Suture very shallow. Apertural lip highly thickened but not expanded. Parietal tooth fin-shaped, thickened, not covering posterior canal; columellar tooth fin-shaped, thickened, located next to slit-like anterior canal.

Differential diagnosis.

Pupina solidula can be distinguished from all other species in the P. aureola species group from mainland Southeast Asia by having a glossy, yellow shell with very shallow suture.

Distribution.

Northeast Vietnam ( Fischer and Dautzenberg 1904).

Figures

Figure 37. Shells of Pupina aureola species group from mainland Southeast Asia. A-C Pupina tchehelensis: specimens A SMF 109947 / 6 B CUMZ 12135, and C CUMZ 12136 D, E Pupina latisulci sp. nov. D holotype CUMZ 12146 / 1 and E paratype CUMZ 12146 / 2 F-I Pupina paviei F paralectotype MNHN-IM- 2000 - 35837 G paralectotype RBINS 525404, and specimens H CUMZ 12134 and I NHMUK ex. Dautzenberg coll. J Pupina tongupensis, syntype NHMUK 1906.4.4.38 K Pupina lowi, syntype MNHN-IM- 2000 - 35846 L Pupina anceyi, syntype MNHN-IM- 2000 - 35833 M Pupina laffonti, syntype MNHN-IM- 2000 - 9656 N Pupina solidula, lectotype SMF 109915 / 1 O Pupina douvillei, holotype MNHN-IM- 2000 - 35532. Photo: M. Caballer, P. Maestrati, MNHN (F, K-O), F. Trus, RBINS (G), J. Ablett, H. Taylor, NHM (J).

Figure 41. A Pupina dorri dorri, specimen NHMUK ex. A. J. Piele Colln. Acc. No. 2242 from Haiphong, Vietnam B Pupina tongupensis, syntype NHMUK 1906.4.4.38 from Tongoop Pass, Arakan Hills, east side C Pupina anceyi, syntype MNHN-IM- 2000 - 35833 from Lang-Son and That-Khe D Pupina laffonti, syntype MNHN-IM- 2000 - 9656 from Poulo-Condor E Pupina solidula, lectotype SMF 109915 / 1 from Lang Son, Tonkin F Pupina brachysoma, syntype MNHN-IM- 2000 - 9652 from Haut Tonkin. Photo: J. Ablett, H. Taylor, NHM (B), P. Maestrati, M. Caballer, MNHN (C-F).