A new species of Coccoglypta Pilsbry, 1895 from China (Gastropoda, Camaenidae)

ABSTRACT

A new camaenid land snail species: Coccoglypta limenghuai Chen, Xie, Dai & Wu, n. sp. is described from Yaan City, Sichuan Province, China based on morphology and phylogenetic analysis. Coccoglypta ellenstrongae Thach & Huber, 2021 is treated as a junior synonym of Acusta toyenmongaiensis Rolle, 1911. Coccoglypta limenghuai is morphologically different from the congeneric species by the depressed conical shell, strongly keeled and almost flat whorls and a shallow groove-like depression below the keel of the body whorl. The habitat of the species has been severely damaged and it survives only within an area of a few hundred square metres. Further attention and protection should be given to it in the future.

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KEYWORDS:

• Conchology
• land snails
• phylogenetic analysis
• Sichuan Province
• taxonomy

Acknowledgements

We thank Mr Menghua Li (Sichuan Agricultural University) and Mr Jinsheng Mou (Sichuan Agricultural University) for assistance in collecting specimens and providing type specimens; Mr Zhengping Liu (Chengdu) for providing specimens of Coccoglypta pinchoniana and comments on the species identification; Dr Shijun Yang (Sichuan Agricultural University) for assistance in photo editing; Dr Frank Köhler (Australian Museum), Dr Barna Páll-Gergely (Plant Protection Institute, Hungary), Dr Sakboworn Tumpeesuwan (Mahasarakham University) and Dr Chung-Chi Hwang (National University of Kaohsiung) for their helpful comments on the manuscript.

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Funding

This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China [grant number 31772412, 32360132].