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Abstract
A new species of pomatiopsid gastropod, Tricula hortensis, is described from Sichuan Province, PR China. This new species is characterized by a large columellar peg or tooth situated mid body‐whorl. The reproductive anatomy of the female shows a number of character states that are plesiomorphic for the Triculinae. Tricula hortensis may be distinguished from the two other species of Tricula which bear a columellar tooth by differences in the shell and in pallial and/or reproductive structures. Tricula hortensis is found in spring‐fed irrigation canals serving market gardens in Mianzhu County, Chengdu, Sichuan. This species acts as intermediate host for the parasitic blood fluke Schistosoma sinensium Bao 1958.
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