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Guamampa n.g. (Gastropoda, Pulmonata), a bradybaenid land snail with monadeniid characters

Anatoly A. SCHILEYKO

en Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 4ème série – section A – Zoologie, Biologie et Écologie animales 18 (3-4) - Pages 401-408

Published on 08 January 1997

Guamampa n.g. is a genus of Aegistinae (Bradybaenidae) characterized by the presence of a single mucus gland entering the stylophore; the distal portion of vas deferens much enlarged; a flagellum of peculiar appearance; the penial verge grooved; and the vagina enlarged and coated with dense white cover. The type species is Helix tuba Albers, 1854 from Sulawesi, Indonesia. Certain characters of Guamampa and of Tricheulota, from the Philippines, are shared by the American genus Monadenia. Monadeniinae is elevated to family rank within the Xanthonychoidea.


Keywords:

Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Xanthonychoidea, Monadeniidae, Guamampa, Indonesia, systematics

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