Two New Species of the Genus Acinolaemus (Pulmonata: Pupillidae) from Thailand

Bang-on Changlom; Tanya Chan-ard; Pongrat Dumrongrojwattana

Authors

Bang-on Changlom Natural History Museum, National Science Museum, Thailand, Technopolis, Khlong 5, Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani, 12120 Thailand
Tanya Chan-ard Natural History Museum, National Science Museum, Thailand, Technopolis, Khlong 5, Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani, 12120 Thailand
Pongrat Dumrongrojwattana Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Burapha University, Bangsaen, Chon Buri Province, 20131 Thailand

Keywords:

Acinolaemus, Pupillidae, terrestrial microsnails, Thailand.

Abstract

Two new species of the genus Acinolaemus Thompson and Upatham, 1997 from northern Thailand are described: A. cryptidentatus sp. nov. and A. muangonensis sp. nov. These two new species differ from other congener species in term of their position of the complex arrangement of plicae and lamellae.

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