Cyclophorus phongnhakebangensis

Cyclophorus phongnhakebangensis is a species of land snail from the family Cyclophoridae.[1]

Cyclophorus phongnhakebangensis
Specimens of Cyclophorus phongnhakebangensis (a: holotype, b and c: paratypes; scale bar: 10 mm
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Cyclophoroidea
Family: Cyclophoridae
Genus: Cyclophorus
Species:
C. phongnhakebangensis
Binomial name
Cyclophorus phongnhakebangensis
Oheimb, 2019[1]

Description

Cyclophorus phongnhakebangensis is a medium-sized Cyclophorus species with an overall rounded shell shape and a typically circular aperture. Shells have a breadth of 26.0–32.8 mm, a height of 20.5–26.2 mm, and 4.75–5.25 whorls. The body whorl has a slightly compressed or compressed shape and is usually rounded. The early whorls of the shell have a bluish colouration in some individuals. The reflected and simple lip has an ivory, white or peach colouration. A wing-shaped projection at the shell's columellar margin is not pronounced or absent. The shell's colour pattern is generally variable and includes patterns such as zig-zag stripes, spiral lines, spiral bands and transverse lines in different shades of brown. The peripheral band of the shell has usually a dark brown colour.[1]

Distribution

Cyclophorus phongnhakebangensis is only known from Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park, Vietnam.[1]

Etymology

The name of this species refers to its type locality in Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park, Vietnam.[1]

References
  1. von Oheimb, Katharina C. M.; von Oheimb, Parm Viktor; Hirano, Takahiro; Do, Tu Van; Ablett, Jonathan; Luong, Hao Van; Pham, Sang Van; Naggs, Fred (2019), "Cryptic diversity of limestone karst inhabiting land snails (Cyclophorus spp.) in northern Vietnam, their evolutionary history and the description of four new species", PLOS One, 14 (10): e0222163, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0222163, PMID 31644567
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