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High diversity of Endothyrella (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Plectopylidae) in Bhutan, with a description of four new species

Authors: E. Gittenberger, C. Gyeltshen, K. Tobgay, S. Sherub
Basteria, 86 (2): 55-71

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Recent fieldwork in Bhutan resulted in the discovery of 4 endemic species of Endothyrella that are described as new to science, viz. E. barnai Gittenberger & Sherub, E. manasensis Gittenberger & Sherub, E. pterocallus Gittenberger, Gyeltshen & Tobgay, and E. trimagnipili Gittenberger, Gyeltshen & Tobgay. This results in a total of 9 Endothyrella species for Bhutan, 7 of which are not known from elsewhere. The new species are described and additional data are presented for the Endothyrella species dealt with in an earlier paper. A revised identification key for the Bhutanese species, based on shell characters, is added. The diversity in shell size and struc­ture is discussed and 4 species groups are provisionally dis­tinguished on the basis of the structure of the genital tracts.

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The genera Dioryx and Cycloryx (Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda, Alycaeidae) in Bhutan, with a description of four new species

Authors: E. Gittenberger, C. Gyeltshen, K. Tobgay, S. Sherub
Basteria, 86 (2): 72-82

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Samples of the genera Dioryx and Cycloryx from Bhutan are identified or described as new species. Next to the wide­spread D. urnula, 7 species of Cycloryx are recognized, 4 of which are endemic to Bhutan and new to science, viz. C. pemaledai Gittenberger & Sherub, spec. nov., C. globhu­tanus Gittenberger & Sherub, spec. nov., C. haumbiclausus Gittenberger & Gyeltshen, spec. nov., and C. sajumbiclausus Gittenberger & Gyeltshen, spec. nov. An identification key is provided for Cycloryx species. Cycloryx summus (Godwin-Austen, 1914), which was described from “Rechila Peak, Western Bhutan”, is not accepted as a Bhutanese species since its type locality is most probably in West Bengal, out­side the present borders of Bhutan.

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