A new Diancta species of the family Diplommatinidae (Cyclophoroidea) from Vanua Levu Island, Fiji

A new species of Diancta of the staircase snail family Diplommatinidae is described from Mt. Savusavu, Vanua Levu Island, Fiji. Due to its left coiling shell and a constriction before the last whorl, it is placed in the genus Diancta. Micro-CT imaging reveals two apertural teeth and an inner lamella...

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Autores principales: Estée Bochud, David Haberthür, Ruslan Hlushchuk, Eike Neubert
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:0bec8ed93f4445a3aa053d7af3e42f332021-12-01T04:30:22ZA new Diancta species of the family Diplommatinidae (Cyclophoroidea) from Vanua Levu Island, Fiji10.3897/zookeys.1073.732411313-2970https://doaj.org/article/0bec8ed93f4445a3aa053d7af3e42f332021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/73241/download/pdf/https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/73241/download/xml/https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/73241/https://doaj.org/toc/1313-2970A new species of Diancta of the staircase snail family Diplommatinidae is described from Mt. Savusavu, Vanua Levu Island, Fiji. Due to its left coiling shell and a constriction before the last whorl, it is placed in the genus Diancta. Micro-CT imaging reveals two apertural teeth and an inner lamella that is situated at the zone of constriction. The shell abruptly changes coiling direction by 45 degrees before the last whorl. Up to now, this coiling modus had not yet been documented for any species of Diplommatinidae from the Fiji Islands.Estée BochudDavid HaberthürRuslan HlushchukEike NeubertPensoft PublishersarticleZoologyQL1-991ENZooKeys, Vol 1073, Iss , Pp 1-12 (2021)
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Estée Bochud
David Haberthür
Ruslan Hlushchuk
Eike Neubert
A new Diancta species of the family Diplommatinidae (Cyclophoroidea) from Vanua Levu Island, Fiji
description A new species of Diancta of the staircase snail family Diplommatinidae is described from Mt. Savusavu, Vanua Levu Island, Fiji. Due to its left coiling shell and a constriction before the last whorl, it is placed in the genus Diancta. Micro-CT imaging reveals two apertural teeth and an inner lamella that is situated at the zone of constriction. The shell abruptly changes coiling direction by 45 degrees before the last whorl. Up to now, this coiling modus had not yet been documented for any species of Diplommatinidae from the Fiji Islands.
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author Estée Bochud
David Haberthür
Ruslan Hlushchuk
Eike Neubert
author_facet Estée Bochud
David Haberthür
Ruslan Hlushchuk
Eike Neubert
author_sort Estée Bochud
title A new Diancta species of the family Diplommatinidae (Cyclophoroidea) from Vanua Levu Island, Fiji
title_short A new Diancta species of the family Diplommatinidae (Cyclophoroidea) from Vanua Levu Island, Fiji
title_full A new Diancta species of the family Diplommatinidae (Cyclophoroidea) from Vanua Levu Island, Fiji
title_fullStr A new Diancta species of the family Diplommatinidae (Cyclophoroidea) from Vanua Levu Island, Fiji
title_full_unstemmed A new Diancta species of the family Diplommatinidae (Cyclophoroidea) from Vanua Levu Island, Fiji
title_sort new diancta species of the family diplommatinidae (cyclophoroidea) from vanua levu island, fiji
publisher Pensoft Publishers
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/0bec8ed93f4445a3aa053d7af3e42f33
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