A new species of Parennea pilsbry (Gastropoda: Streptaxidae) from the West Usambara Mountains, Tanzania

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作者
Tattersfield, P [1 ]
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[1] Natl Museum Wales, Dept Biodivers & Systemat Biol, Cardiff CF1, S Glam, Wales
来源
JOURNAL OF CONCHOLOGY | 1998年 / 36卷
关键词
Ptychotrema (Parennea) mazumbaiense n. sp; Streptaxidae; Tanzania;
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Q17 [水生生物学];
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071004 ;
摘要
Ptychotrema (Parennea) mazumbaiense is described as a new species from Mazumbai Forest, in the West Usambara mountain rs, north-east Tanzania. II was collected from forest-floor leaf-litter in sub-montane forest habitat at an altitude of 1600-1700 m above sea level. It is the second species of Parennea reported from Tanzania and is characterised by its strong ribbing, the form of the sinus between the angular and palatal denticles, and the presence of a deeply set, elongated spiral palatal lamella which is nor visible when viewed from shell aperture.
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