Cyclopedus anselini Gargominy & Muratov 2012
Creators: name: Gargominy, Olivier
name: Fontaine, Benoît
name: Tercerie, Sandrine
name: Zuccon, Dario
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Architaenioglossa
Neocyclotidae
Cyclopedus
Cyclopedus anselini

description: Cyclopedus anselini Gargominy & Muratov, 2012
Fig. 2
Cyclopedus anselini Gargominy & Muratov, 2012: 785, fig. 2.
Link.
https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1477355.
Type locality.
French Guiana, Régina, Réserve naturelle des Nouragues, Montagnes Balenfois, field station.
Type material.
Holotype. French Guiana • 1 dry specimen; Régina, RN des Nouragues, carré N 10 du km 2 layonné (N 10); 4.08845 ° N, 52.67269 ° W; alt. 140 m; 11 Nov. 1997; TR, OG leg.; leaf litter on lateritic soil in a natural forest gap; MNHN-IM-2000-25066. Paratypes (3). French Guiana • 1 dry specimen; same data as the holotype; MNHN -IM-2000-25067 • 1 dry specimen; Régina, RN des Nouragues, carré M 12 du km 2 layonné (N 7); 4.08699 ° N, 52.67381 ° W; alt. 140 m; 08 Nov. 1997; TR, OG leg.; forêt primaire, grand plateau; MNHN -IM-2000-25138 • 1 dry specimen; Régina, RN des Nouragues, carré N 15 du km 2 layonné (N 14); 4.08372 ° N, 52.67503 ° W; alt. 155 m; 15 Nov. 1997; TR, OG leg.; forêt primaire, pied d’arbre à contrefort (code N- 15-138); MNHN -IM-2000-25139.
Other material examined.
French Guiana • 42 dry specimens; Régina, RN des Nouragues, carré M 12 du km 2 layonné (N 7); 4.08699 ° N, 52.67381 ° W; alt. 140 m; 08 Nov. 1997; TR, OG leg.; forêt primaire, grand plateau; MNHN -IM-2018-14184 • 2 dry specimens; Régina, RN des Nouragues, carré N 10 du km 2 layonné (N 10); 4.08845 ° N, 52.67269 ° W; alt. 140 m; 11 Nov. 1997; TR, OG leg.; forêt primaire, chablis; MNHN -IM-2018-14183 • 2 dry specimens; Régina, RN des Nouragues, carré N 13 du km 2 layonné (NB 5); 4.08603 ° N, 52.67353 ° W; alt. 170 m; 03 Jun. 1999 - 29 Jun. 1999; TR, OG leg.; MNHN -IM-2018-14292 • 4 95 % ethanol specimen; Saül, Mont Galbao (SAUL 47); 3.60183 ° N, 53.27239 ° W; alt. 650 m; 27 Nov. 2018; OG, SS, ST, BF (PAG & MNHN) leg.; DZ brulée et cambrouse à l’est; GenBank: PQ 629106; Bold: DREAL 124-23; MNHN -IM-2013-75859; GenBank: PQ 629100; Bold: DREAL 123-23; MNHN -IM-2013-75860; GenBank: PQ 629099; Bold: DREAL 122-23; MNHN -IM-2013-75861; GenBank: PQ 629094; Bold: DREAL 121-23; MNHN -IM-2013-75862 • 2 dry specimens; Saül, same data as preceding; MNHN -IM-2012-21975 • 3 dry specimens; Saül, Cascades du Mont Galbao, face nord-est (SAUL 64); 3.60376 ° N, 53.26121 ° W; alt. 320 m; 19 Feb. 2020; BF, AA, OG (PAG & MNHN) leg.; Bordure de cambrouse; MNHN -IM-2018-14064 • 2 95 % ethanol specimens; Saül, Mont Galbao face nord-est (SAUL 65); 3.59681 ° N, 53.26257 ° W; alt. 503 m; 20 Feb. 2020; BF, AA, OG (PAG & MNHN) leg.; Cambrouse et lianes en forêt; MNHN -IM-2013-76396 • 2 dry specimens; Saül, Mont Galbao face nord-est (SAUL 66); 3.59995 ° N, 53.26697 ° W; alt. 382 m; 20 Feb. 2020; BF, AA, OG (PAG & MNHN) leg.; MNHN -IM-2018-14139 • 2 dry specimens; Saül, Mont Galbao face nord-est (SAUL 68); 3.60018 ° N, 53.25877 ° W; alt. 251 m; 21 Feb. 2020; BF, AA, OG (PAG & MNHN) leg.; Bord de cambrouse, sous lianes; MNHN -IM-2018-14029 • 2 dry specimens; Mana, Réserve de la Trinité, layon inselberg 120 m (pente inselberg) (TRI 21); 4.61157 ° N, 53.40833 ° W; alt. 180 m; 15 Apr. 2019; BF, ST (MNHN / ONF) leg.; pied de rochers granitiques; MNHN -IM-2014-7310.
Remarks.
Mont Galbao and Montagnes de la Trinité represent two new records for this species previously only known from its type locality in Nouragues (Gargominy and Muratov 2012), suggesting a broader distribution probably extending outside French Guiana.
The first living specimens are reported here. The body is totally white but the area around and below the eyes is lightly pink; two quite distinct black eyes at the outer base of the tentacles; tentacle slightly conical, with the outer third pale pink (Fig. 2). From the four sequenced specimens (all from the same locality) we recovered two haplotypes differing by one synonymous mutation only.
description: Published as part of Gargominy, Olivier, Fontaine, Benoît, Tercerie, Sandrine & Zuccon, Dario, 2025, New species and new records of families, genera and species of land snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from French Guiana, pp. 155-194 in ZooKeys 1230 on pages 155-194, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1230.133585