A new species of Aegista (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata: Camaenidae) from the Chugoku District, western Honshu, Japan

Abstract

Aegista hiroshifukudai n. sp. from Yamaguchi Prefecture, the Chugoku District, western Honshu, Japan is described. The new species is assigned to Aegista Albers, 1850 based on its morphology and molecular phylogeny. Aegista hiroshifukudai n. sp. is phylogenetically distinct from all other closely related species and the shell has a relatively taller spire.

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Keywords:

• anatomy
• Bradybaenidae
• molecular phylogeny
• Pulmonata
• taxonomy
• Trishoplita

Acknowledgements

We thank H. Fukuda for providing materials and valuable advice. We also thank T. Fukuda, N. Hirano, H. Ishikawa, M. Kato, A. Tada and Y. Tatara for sample collection. We also thank P. Callomon and A. Lawless for information on the type specimens of ANSP. We are grateful to W.F. Ponder and to two anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments on the manuscript.