Description
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Shell: Shell large, reddish brown to light orange. Periostracum thin, corneous; shell surface usually with fine malleations on upper half of last whorl. Aperture almost circular with a shallow posterior angled groove. Peristome yellow, parietal declining shoulder absent. Lip thickened, broadly expanded, reflexed, with concentric margin.
Radula: Radular teeth arranged in v-shaped rows, each transverse row with 7 teeth (2-1-1-1-2). Central tooth with well developed central cusp and one smaller lateral cusp on each side; central cusp large, elongate with pointed tip. Lateral teeth with 2 cusps, outer cusp largest and elongate shape with pointed tip, and with relatively small pointed tip of inner lateral cusps. Inner and outer marginal teeth with 2 cusps; central cusp large, flanked by small inner lateral cusps.
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- Bangon Kongim, Chirasak Sutcharit, Fred Naggs, Somsak Panha
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- Kongim B, Sutcharit C, Naggs F, Panha S (2013) Taxonomic revision of the Elephant Pupinid snail genus Pollicaria Gould, 1856 (Prosobranchia, Pupinidae) ZooKeys 287: 19–40
- author
- Bangon Kongim
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- Chirasak Sutcharit
- author
- Fred Naggs
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- Somsak Panha
Distribution
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The type locality of this species was given as the broad location of “Siam” (see Haines 1855). Subsequently, Pollicaria mouhoti was synonymised with Pollicaria myersii (von Martens 1867, Pain 1974) thus expanding the distribution of Pollicaria myersii beyond its historical range. However, in this study the distribution of the species is restricted to limestone areas of Vientiane to Luang Prabang, Laos, and probably the northern part of Thailand.
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- cc-by-3.0
- copyright
- Bangon Kongim, Chirasak Sutcharit, Fred Naggs, Somsak Panha
- bibliographic citation
- Kongim B, Sutcharit C, Naggs F, Panha S (2013) Taxonomic revision of the Elephant Pupinid snail genus Pollicaria Gould, 1856 (Prosobranchia, Pupinidae) ZooKeys 287: 19–40
- author
- Bangon Kongim
- author
- Chirasak Sutcharit
- author
- Fred Naggs
- author
- Somsak Panha