Two new camaenid land snails (Eupulmonata) from Central China

Min Wu; Zheyu Chen; Xiaoran Zhu

doi:10.3897/zookeys.861.35430

Abstract

Two new camaenid land snails are reported from Central China. The new genus, represented by Sinochloritis lii Wu & Chen, gen. & sp. nov., the type of the genus from Sichuan, is close to Yakuchloritis Habe, Nipponochloritis Habe, Neochloritis Minato and Trichochloritis Pilsbry, but is well characterized by the smooth adult shell, highly developed epiphallic papilla, absence of penial caecum, and the presence of an epiphallus-binding muscle that binds the proximal epiphallus to the distal penis. A new species Bradybaena linjun Wu & Chen, sp. nov. is described from Hubei Province and is characterized by having two shell bands, a spoon-shaped love dart and the proportionally shortest mucous glands among Chinese congeners.

Chinese abstract

摘要从华中地区报道了两种坚螺科陆生软体动物的新物种。由新种李氏华砾螺Sinochloritis lii Wu & Chen, gen. & sp. nov. 为属模式种的华砾螺属Sinochloritis Wu & Chen, gen. nov. 与Yakuchloritis Habe, Nipponochloritis Habe, Neochloritis Minato及毛蜗牛属Trichochloritis Pilsbry接近，但因华砾螺属的成体贝壳光滑无毛，成荚器乳突高度发达，具成荚器绑结肌以及交接器盲囊阙如而与上述4属区别。李氏华砾螺记录于四川。另一新种廪君巴蜗牛Bradybaena linjun Wu & Chen sp. nov. 记录于湖北，它以两条色带, 呈中空的勺形恋矢及具有相对最短的粘液腺等特征与所有其它中国巴蜗牛属物种相区别。

Keywords

Bradybaeninae, Camaeninae, Hubei, Sichuan, taxonomy

Introduction

Trichochloritis Pilsbry, 1891 (type species Helix breviseta Pfeiffer, 1862, original designation) was established as a subgenus of Chloritis Beck, 1837 to accommodate species that featured a “shell depressed, rather thin, the spire low-convex or plane, last whorl not carinated, but usually obtusely angled around the umbilicus; but little deflexed in front; epidermis not deciduous; apex, as well as the whole shell, hirsute or marked by hair-scars arranged in regular lines. Lip narrowly expanded or reflexed” (Pilsbry 1891). Trichochloritis is now recognized as a distinct genus (Schileyko 2007, 2011), which ranges from South China to the Philippines and in Japan (Pilsbry 1891, Azuma 1995, Schileyko 2011). Based on conchological and anatomical features (Azuma 1995), species of the Japanese region that were previously included in Trichochloritis have been treated as three separate genera, namely Yakuchloritis Habe, 1955, Neochloritis Minato, 1982 and Nipponochloritis Habe, 1955, and were assigned to the family Bradybaenidae (=Bradybaeninae sensu Bouchet et al. 2017) by Schileyko (2004). Based on the genital morphology of Trichochloritis brevidens (Sowerby, 1841) (Schileyko 2007; Table 1), Trichochloritis is unambiguously distinct from the Japanese genera.

Ten Chinese species and subspecies have been assigned to Trichochloritis (Table 2). In 1882, Heude described the first species Helix percussa from Wudangshan Mountain, Hubei. Möllendorff (1884) assigned it to Hadra Albers, 1850. Pilsbry (1890) placed H. percussa in his new genus Euhadra. Schmacker and Böttger (1894) followed this arrangement and listed a series of specimens that were considered to be similar to H. percussa from Tchen k’eou (=Chengkou, Chongqing), Kaochahien and Patung (=Badong, Hubei). Möllendorff (1884) reported a new hairy-shelled species Helix hungerfordiana Nevill, 1884 from Taiwan, with the subspecies H. hungerfordiana rufopila Möllendorff from Hong Kong and assigned it to ?Trichia Hartmann, 1840 (=Trochulus Chemnitz, 1786, Hygromiidae). Tryon (1887) followed his arrangement. In 1885, Heude described H. mola from Ta-kouan (=Daguan, Zhaotong, Yunnan). In 1887, Gredler described H. franciscanorum (Peishan, Hunan), which was assigned to subspecies of Trichochloritis hungerfordiana by Yen (1939) and was later listed as Chloritis (Trichochloritis) hungerfordiana franciscanorum by Zilch (1974; not “1886” in Zilch 1974). In 1888, Möllendorff described a new species Helix herziana from Hoihow (=Haikou, Hainan) and pointed out that it is close to H. puberula Heude, 1885, H. hungerfordiana and H. franciscanorum. Two years later, Heude published H. molina from Pa-tong (=Badong, Hubei). In 1891, Pilsbry included H. herziana, H. puberula, H. franciscanorum and H. hungerfordiana in his newly established genus Trichochloritis. In 1894, Gredler described H. (Fruticicola) adaequata (Secusan, W Hubei), which was assigned to Chloritis (Trichochloritis) by Zilch (1974). Yen assigned T. submissa (Deshayes, 1873), T. diploblepharis (Möllendorff, 1899), T. hungerfordiana (Yen 1939; 1940), T. mola, T. percussa, T. herziana, T. molina, T. hunanensis Yen, 1939 (Yen 1939), Helix patungana Gredler, 1887 (not “patungensis” in Yen 1942; not “Gredler, 1888” in Richardson 1983) and Helix epixantha Pfeiffer, 1850 (Yen 1942) to Trichochloritis. Among them, T. submissa is now the type species of Trichobradybaena Wu & Guo, 2003 (Bradybaeninae), and T. diploblepharis was assigned to Plectotropis Martens, 1860 (subfamily Bradybaeninae sensu Bouchet et al. 2017) by Möllendorff (1899), H. patungana was treated by Richardson (1983) as a Plectotropis species, and H. epixantha was sunk as a synonym as Bradybaena similaris (Rang, 1831) by Tryon (1887). Chang (1990) moved Trichochloritis hungerfordianus to Yakuchloritis based on genital anatomy.

Until now we have little idea if the species previously placed in Trichochloritis form a monophyletic group, although some recent work suggests that Trichochloritis as currently understood, consists of species from the Bradybaenidae (=Bradybaeninae sensu Bouchet et al. 2017) and from the Camaenidae (=Camaeninae sensu Bouchet et al. 2017) (Schileyko 2003, 2004, 2007). Here, we report a new species from Sichuan that is conchologically most similar to T. percussa but shows marked differences from Trichochloritis, Yakuchloritis, Neochloritis and Nipponochloritis. In addition, we describe a new Bradybaena species discovered during our recent field work in Hubei Province.

Methods

Living specimens were relaxed by drowning in water before being transferred to 70% ethanol for fixation, which was replaced with ethanol of the same concentration after three days. The shell and genitalia were measured with digital vernier calipers and from photographs to the nearest 0.1 mm. Whorl number was recorded as described by Kerney and Cameron (1979), with 0.125 whorl accuracy. Soft parts were measured after the specimens were sufficiently fixed in 70% ethanol. Directions used in descriptions: proximal, toward the genital atrium; distal, away from the genital atrium.

Abbreviations: At – atrium; BC – bursa copulatrix; BCD – bursa copulatrix duct; DS – dart sac; DVM – membranous sac surrounding terminal genitalia; EBM – epiphallus-binding muscle, the muscle binding proximal epiphallus to distal end of penis; Ep – epiphallus; EpP – epiphallic papilla; Fl – flagellum; fma – fully mature animal; fms – empty fully mature shell; FO – free oviduct; HBUMM – mollusc collection of the Museum of Hebei University, Baoding, China; MG – mucous glands; P – penis; PC – penial caecum; PR – penial retractor muscle; PP – penial pilaster; PS – penis sheath; Va – vagina; VD – vas deferens.

Systematics

Helicoidea Rafinesque, 1815

Camaenidae Pilsbry, 1895

Bradybaeninae Pilsbry, 1898

Sinochloritis Wu & Chen, gen. nov.

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Type species

Sinochloritis lii Wu & Chen, gen. & sp. nov.

Diagnosis

Adult shell smooth. Shell evenly covered with fine granules throughout. Dart sac apparatus absent. Penis sheath absent. Highly developed epiphallic papilla present. Penial caecum absent. Epiphallus-binding muscle connecting proximal epiphallus to distal end of penis. Flagellum present.

Description

Shell depressed. Whorls convex. Suture rather impressed. Protoconch and teleoconch densely and evenly covered with fine granules. Adult shell not hairy or scaly. Peristome abruptly angulated at top; narrowly and uniformly reflexed. Shell glossy; uniformly colored; not banded.

Genitalia. Penis sheath absent. Penis externally simple; internally with several pilasters. Epiphallus internally with a large epiphallic papilla that enters penis; externally with proximal part connected with distal end of penis by strong muscles (epiphallus-binding muscles). Flagellum present. Vas deferens uniformly thin.

Etymology

This new genus is named after “sino” (=China) and “chloritis” (the genus used to include many Chinese Trichochloritis species).

Distribution

Sichuan Province.

Remarks

Compared to Trichochloritis, Yakuchloritis, Neochloritis and Nipponochloritis (Table 1), the new genus exhibits distinct genital features that justify recognition of a new generic rank. Many Chinese species mentioned above, i.e., the species in Trichochloritis, possess general similarity in shell morphology but placement within genera requires evidence from either, or both, reproductive morphology and molecular data.

Table 1.

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Comparison of Sinochloritis Wu & Chen, gen. nov. to Trichochloritis Pilsbry, 1891 and the other genera previously listed as Trichochloritis (Habe 1955, Minato 1982, Azuma 1995, Schileyko 2004, Schileyko 2007, this work). EBM – epihallus-binding muscle, the muscle binding proximal epiphallus to distal end of penis; Ep – epiphallus; EpP – epiphallic papilla; Fl – flagellum; PC – penial caecum; PS – penis sheath.

Groups	Spire	Hair	PS	Ep	EpP	EBM	PC	Fl
Trichochloritis Pilsbry, 1891	lower	thin	+	–	–	–	N/A	–
Yakuchloritis Habe, 1955	lower	thick	–	+	?	–	–	++
Nipponochloritis Habe, 1955	lower	thin	–	+	?	–	+	++/+
Neochloritis Minato, 1982	higher	thin	–	+	?	–	–	+
Sinochloritis Wu & Chen gen. nov.	higher	N/A	–	+	++	+	–	+

Sinochloritis lii Wu & Chen, gen. &, sp. nov.

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Figs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Type material

Holotype, fully matured animal (HBUMM08294). Sichuan Province, Dujiangyan, Qingchenghoushan, 30°56'39.38"N, 103°28'47.21"E, 1500 m a. s. l., 2018-XI-8, coll. Li, Chenliang & Zhu, Xiaoran. A sample of foot muscle tissue was preserved in 99.7% ethanol at –20 °C (HBUMM08295). Paratypes, 1 old fms (HBUMM10008), Sichuan, Dujiangyan, Qinchenghoushan, 1500 m a. s. l., 2018-V, coll. Liu, Zhengping; 1 broken fully matured shell (HBUMM10009), Sichuan, Dujiangyan, Qinchenghoushan, 1500 m a. s. l., 2017-X, coll. Liu, Zhengping.

Figure 1.

Distribution map. 1 Sinochloritis lii Wu & Chen, gen. & sp. nov.; 2 Bradybaena linjun Wu & Chen, sp. nov.

Description

Shell (Fig. 2). Depressed; thick and solid; dextral. Whorls convex. Suture rather impressed. Umbilicus closed by reflexed columellar lip. Columella oblique. Protoconch and teleoconch densely and uniformly covered with fine granules, without spiral furrows. Aperture oblique; not sinuate at peristome. Body whorl not descending behind aperture. Shell surface without ribs. Growth lines fine. Adult shell not hairy or scaly. Adult body whorl rounded at periphery; basally convex. Ring-like thickening within aperture absent. Peristome thin; abruptly angled at top; narrowly and uniformly reflexed; brownish purple. Callus thin and transparent. Shell glossy; uniformly reddish brown. Measurements (type material): shell height 16.0–17.1 (16.5 ± 0.55) mm, shell breadth 25.0–30.6 (27.0 ± 3.10) mm, aperture height 11.5–12.5 (11.9 ± 0.51) mm, aperture width 13.4–16.8 (14.9 ± 1.72) mm, embryonic shell whorls 1.375–1.500 (1.458 ± 0.072), whorls 4.750–4.875 (4.833 ± 0.072), shell height/ breadth ratio 0.56–0.65 (0.62 ± 0.049).

Figure 2.

Sinochloritis lii Wu & Chen, gen. & sp. nov., holotype, HBUMM08294. A shell B magnified surface of teleoconch C magnified embryonic shell D paratype HBUMM10008 E paratype, HBUMM10009.

General anatomy (Fig. 3). A heart-shaped head gland between ommatophore insertions present on inner body wall (Fig. 3C, arrowed), externally with a visible gland pore (Fig. 3A, arrowed). On internal body wall, at the base of ommatophore with two groups of glands each consisted of numerous small sacs (Fig. 3C). On left side of mantle edge, a leaf-shaped appendage present (Fig. 3D, E). Body blueish purple with scattered lighter spots (Fig. 3H). Sole dirty white. Jaw arcuate; with twelve more or less projecting ribs (Fig. 3F).

Figure 3.

Sinochloritis lii Wu & Chen, gen. & sp. nov., holotype, HBUMM08294. A anterior part of animal, dorsal view, showing the pore (arrowed) of head gland between ommatophore tentacles B head of the animal C internal body wall of head, showing the head gland (arrowed) between the ommatophore tentacles D, E the leaf-shaped appendage (arrowed) on the left margin of mantle, in two views F left side of animal, showing coloration and skin pattern G right side of head. Scale bars: 1 mm.

Genitalia (Figs 4, 5). Penis sheath absent. Penis thick; externally simple; internally with five thick and high plicae/pilasters (Fig. 5D). Epiphallus longer than penis; with section between penial retractor muscle and epiphallic papilla one-third thickness of penis; section between penial retractor muscle and vas deferens insertion much thicker than proximal part but thinner than penis (Fig. 5A); internally with a large peach-shaped epiphallic papilla (approximate size 3.5×4.0×6.0 mm³) entering penis (Fig. 5A, B); externally, partially connected with distal penis by strong muscles that insert on penis just opposite to penial retractor muscle (Figs 4C, 4D, 5A, arrowed). Flagellum cylindrical; tapering. Inside flagellum and epiphallus, a long pilaster running from tip of flagellum to epiphallic papilla and a much shorter wavy pilaster running from tip of flagellum to vas deferens insertion (Fig. 5C). Vas deferens thin; of even thickness (Fig. 4A). Vagina subequal to penis in length (Fig. 4A). Base of bursa copulatrix duct expanded and ball-shaped (Fig. 4A); internal wall strongly corrugated (Fig. 5E). Measurement of holotype: P–13.6 mm; Ep–19.3 mm; Fl–8.6 mm; VD–31.4 mm; PR–4.6 mm; Va–18.8 mm; FO–5.4 mm; BC plus BCD–37.9 mm.

Figure 4.

Sinochloritis lii Wu & Chen, gen. & sp. nov., holotype, HBUMM08294. A genitalia, general view, distal part opened B male part, intact C male part, showing the muscle (arrowed) connecting epiphallus and penis D male part, with the muscle connecting epiphallus and penis partially severed (arrowed). Scale bars: 1 mm. At – atrium; BC – bursa copulatrix; BCD – bursa copulatrix duct; EBM – epihallus-binding muscle, the muscle binding the proximal epiphallus to the distal end of penis; Ep – epiphallus; Fl – flagellum; P – penis; PR – penial retractor muscle; Va – vagina; VD – vas deferens.

Figure 5.

Sinochloritis lii Wu & Chen, gen. & sp. nov., holotype, HBUMM08294. A male part, with the muscle (arrowed) connecting epiphallus and penis completely severed B exposed part containing epiphallic papilla C exposed epiphallus and flagellum. Arrow indicates insertion of vas deferens D opened penis, showing penial pilasters E basal part of bursa copulatrix duct, exposed. Scale bars: 1 mm. At – atrium; BCD – bursa copulatrix duct; EBM – epihallus-binding muscle, the muscle binding proximal epiphallus to distal end of penis; Ep – epiphallus; EpP – epiphallic papilla; Fl – flagellum; FO – free oviduct; P – penis; PR – penial retractor muscle; PP – penial pilaster; Va – vagina; VD – vas deferens.

Etymology

This species is named in honor of Dr. Chenliang Li who collected and sent us the holotype (HBUMM08294).

Distribution

Sichuan (Qingchengshan), only known from the type locality (Fig. 1).

Ecology

This species was found living in the well-developed forest (Fig. 6).

Figure 6.

Sinochloritis lii Wu & Chen, gen. & sp. nov., holotype, HBUMM08294. Habitat, photographer Chenliang Li.

Taxonomic remarks

The new species has a closed umbilicus, otherwise is very close to Trichochloritis percussa in shell size (Table 2), the general shape and the microsculpture of shell. Camaena hemiclista (Schmacker & Böttger, 1894) known only from Hubei (Lytschouan=Lichuan), which has a closed umbilicus and is bluntly shouldered (but not visible in Yen 1939: pl. 12, fig. 42) resembles the new species; however, the new species has fewer whorls and a clearly rounded periphery.

Table 2.

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Comparison among Sinochloritis lii Wu & Chen, gen. & sp. nov. and the Chinese species once placed in Trichochloritis Pilsbry, 1891.

	Diameter major (mm)	Height (mm)	Whorls	Hairy	Distribution
T. adaequata (Gredler, 1894)	12	7	4^1/2	No	W Hubei,
T. herziana (Möllendorff, 1888)	14.5–17	10.5	5	No	Hainan
T. hunanensis Yen, 1939	11	7.2	4^1/2	No	Hunan
T. hungerfordiana (Nevill, 1884)	14.5–18	10.5	5	Yes	Taiwan, Hongkong, Guangdong,
T. hung. rufopila (Möllendorff, 1884)	15	9.25	5	Yes	Hongkong
T. hung. franciscanorum (Gredler, 1887)	18–22	9–12	5^2/3–6	No	S Hunan
T. mola (Heude, 1885)	30–31	15	4.5 **	No	Yunnan
T. molina (Heude, 1890)	14–17	10	4	No	Hubei
T. percussa (Heude, 1882) *	26–30	19	5^1/4	No	Hubei
T. puberula (Heude, 1885)	15–18	9	5	Yes	Chongqing
Sinochloritis lii Wu & Chen, gen. & sp. nov.	25.0–30.6	16.0–17.1	4^3/4–4^7/8	No	Sichuan

Bradybaena Beck, 1837

Type species. Bradybaena similaris (Rang, 1831); original designation.

Bradybaena linjun Wu & Chen, sp. nov.

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Figs 1, 7, 8, 9, 10

Material examined

Holotype, fma (HBUMM08241-specimen 1, Fig. 7A). Hubei Province, Yichang, Changyang Tujia Autonomous Prefecture, Longzhoupin; 31°28'9"N, 111°11'14"E, 103 m a. s. l.; 2018-VII; coll. Chen, Zheyu. Paratype, 1 fma (HBUMM08241-specimen 2, Fig. 7B), the same collection information as holotype. Foot muscle was cut off and preserved in 99.7% alcohol at –20 °C (HBUMM08242).

Figure 7.

Bradybaena linjun Wu & Chen, sp. nov. A holotype, HBUMM08241-specimen 1 B paratype, HBUMM08241-specimen 2.

Diagnosis

Shell depressed; dextral. Columella oblique. Periphery rounded. A peripheral and a supraperipheral chestnut band present. Penis internally with numerous crossing pilasters of equal thickness that form a network. Love dart hollow and C-shaped in cross section. Accessory sac externally invisible. Mucous glands two, very short thyrsiform (not branched) tubes; entering accessory sac through simple pore. Shell about 4.5 whorls, breadth 13–17 mm.

Description

Shell (Fig. 7). Depressed; thin; dextral. Whorls convex. Suture impressed. Half umbilicus covered by reflexed columellar lip. Columella oblique. Protoconch not granulate, smooth. Teleoconch with dense spiral furrows. Aperture oblique; not sinuate at peristome. Body whorl slightly descending behind aperture. Shell surface without ribs. Growth lines fine. Adult shell not hairy or scaly. Adult body whorl rounded at periphery; basally convex. Ring-like thickening within aperture absent. Peristome thin; slightly reflexed. Callus thin and transparent. Shell glossy; uniformly brownish yellow; with a peripheral and a supraperipheral chestnut bands. Measurements (holotype is larger in size): shell height 8.8–10.7 mm, shell breadth 13.2–16.6 mm, aperture height 5.9–6.0 mm, aperture width 7.0–9.7 mm, embryonic shell whorls 1.625, whorls 4.250–4.625, shell height/ breadth ratio 0.64–0.67.

General anatomy (Figs 8, 9F). A high head wart between ommatophores present (Fig. 8A, C). On corresponding internal body wall no particular structure present (Fig. 8D). On left side of mantle edge, a leaf-shaped appendage present (Fig. 8B, arrowed). Body light brown; with whitish striae posterior to wart. Sole creamy white. Jaw arcuate; with about thirteen more or less projecting ribs (Fig. 9F).

Figure 8.

Bradybaena linjun Wu & Chen, sp. nov., holotype, HBUMM08241-specimen 1. A, C showing head wart B leaf-shaped appendage (arrowed) on left margin of mantle D internal body wall between ommatophore insertions, showing no gland.

Figure 9.

Bradybaena linjun Wu & Chen, sp. nov., holotype, HBUMM08241-specimen 1. A, B both sides of genitalia, general view C bottom of dart apparatus, showing mucous glands insertion D penis, exposed E love dart in cross section F jaw. Scale bars: 1 mm. At – atrium; BCD – bursa copulatrix duct; DS – dart sac; DVM – membranous sac surrounding terminal genitalia; Ep – epiphallus; FO – free oviduct; MG – mucous glands; P – penis; PR – penial retractor muscle; PS – penis sheath; Va – vagina; VD – vas deferens.

Genitalia (Fig. 9). Membranous sac surrounding terminal genitalia present (Fig. 9A, B). Penis sheath about 1/3 penis length. Penis very thick; externally simple. Penial retractor muscle inserting on epiphallus. Epiphallus slightly thicker than vas deferens. Flagellum absent. Epiphallic papilla absent (Fig. 9D). Penis internally with numerous crossing pilasters of equal thickness that form a network (Fig. 9D). Dart sac present. Love dart spoon-shaped, hollow and C-shaped in cross section (observed in holotype, Fig. 9E). Accessory sac invisible externally (Fig. 9C). Poly-layered structure present between mucous gland insertion and vagina. Mucous glands two tubes; much shorter than dart sac in length; each thyrsiform rather than branched (Fig. 9A, C); entering accessory sac through simple pore. Vagina about half of penis in length. Measurement of holotype: DS–4.6 mm long, 1.4 mm broad; MG–1.7 mm; PS–1.2 mm; P–7.1 mm; Ep–2.6 mm; VD–21.5 mm; PR–1.7 mm; Va–4.5 mm; FO–2.8 mm.

Etymology

The new species is named after the legendary tribal leader “Lin-Jun (廪君)” of the Tujiazu people who live at the type locality.

Distribution

Hubei (Changyang), only known from the type locality.

Ecology

This species was found living in a well-established secondary forest, on limestone cliffs, often in cracks (Fig. 10). A large number of broken shells, presumably caused by bird predation, were observed at the type locality.

Figure 10.

Bradybaena linjun Wu & Chen, sp. nov., holotype, HBUMM08241-specimen 1. Habitat, photographer Zheyu Chen.

Taxonomic remarks

The new species is assigned to Bradybaena because of the presence of a smooth protoconch, membranous sac surrounding terminal genitalia, poly-layered structure in dart apparatus, two mucous glands and the absence of a flagellum; characters that are consistent with the type of the genus B. similaris (Wu 2004).

On the left side of the mantle edge, this species possesses a leaf-shaped appendage (Fig. 8B). The existence of this structure in other bradybaenine genera is not known except in Sinochloritis lii Wu & Chen, gen. & sp. nov. described here (Fig. 3D, E). In our other work on Bradybaena this structure is observed (Bradybaena sp., HBUMM06125, Wuyuan, Jiangxi Province, 147 m, 29°22'18.8"N, 118°02'45.2"E, 2007-V-26; unpublished data).

Only a few Chinese species in the subfamily Bradybaeninae have double bands. The double-banded shells occur more frequently in Cathaica Möllendorff, 1884 than in Bradybaena where only four species exhibit double bands, namely B. billiana (Heude, 1882), B. mimicula (Heude, 1888), B. diplodesma (Möllendorff, 1899), B. sueshanensis Pilsbry, 1934 (Heude 1882, 1888; Möllendorff 1899; Pilsbry 1934). Although the new species has double bands, in aspect of shell morphology it most resembles B. qixiaensis Wu & Asami, 2017. However, the new species has very short mucous glands which are proportionally the shortest in the subfamily Bradybaeninae, the thyrsiform mucous gland duct, and the spoon-shaped love dart, which distinguish this species from all Chinese Bradybaena species with known genital anatomy.

Acknowledgments

We want to thank Zhengping Liu and Chenliang Li for the field work. We are grateful to the Biodiversity Heritage Library (www.biodiversitylibrary.org) for access to precious literatures. The efforts of Fred Naggs and Barna Páll-Gergely to review this manuscript are acknowledged. Their constructive comments have helped to improve this work.

This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC 31872196).

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