Description
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Shell. Shell globose-heliciform, white and translucent; whorls 6, spire elevated conical, with distinct suture. Shell surface glossy, smooth with thin transverse ridges near aperture; varices present. Embryonic shell large, about 2½ whorls, with a smooth surface; following whorls regularly coiled. Last whorl angular, inflated and regularly expanded. Umbilicus open and deep. Aperture sub-quadrangular with sinulus; peristome discontinuous, expanded and reflected. Apertural dentition of only one parietal lamella (Fig. 10E).
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- Thanit Siriboon, Chirasak Sutcharit, Fred Naggs, Ben Rowson, Somsak Panha
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- Siriboon T, Sutcharit C, Naggs F, Rowson B, Panha S (2014) Revision of the carnivorous snail genus Discartemon Pfeiffer, 1856, with description of twelve new species (Pulmonata, Streptaxidae) ZooKeys 401: 45–107
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- Thanit Siriboon
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- Chirasak Sutcharit
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- Fred Naggs
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- Ben Rowson
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- Somsak Panha
Distribution
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Known only from the type locality among limestone karsts up to 100 meters amsl, surrounded by mangrove forests on the northeast Langkawi Island coastline.
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- cc-by-3.0
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- Thanit Siriboon, Chirasak Sutcharit, Fred Naggs, Ben Rowson, Somsak Panha
- bibliographic citation
- Siriboon T, Sutcharit C, Naggs F, Rowson B, Panha S (2014) Revision of the carnivorous snail genus Discartemon Pfeiffer, 1856, with description of twelve new species (Pulmonata, Streptaxidae) ZooKeys 401: 45–107
- author
- Thanit Siriboon
- author
- Chirasak Sutcharit
- author
- Fred Naggs
- author
- Ben Rowson
- author
- Somsak Panha