Indoartemon eburneus Pfeiffer 1861
Creators: name: Siriboon, Thanit
name: Sutcharit, Chirasak
name: Naggs, Fred
name: Rowson, Ben
name: Panha, Somsak
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Stylommatophora
Streptaxidae
Indoartemon
Indoartemon eburneus

description: <i>Indoartemon eburneus</i> (Pfeiffer, 1861) (Figs 1, 3A, B, Table 1) <i>Streptaxis eburnea</i> Pfeiffer, 1861: 23. Type locality: Cochin China. <i>Streptaxis eburneus</i>: Pfeiffer, 1868: 447. Gude, 1903: 226, pl. 4, figs 4–6. <i>Odonartemon</i> <i>(Odonartemon) eburneus</i>: Kobelt, 1905: 91, 92, pl. 58, figs 21–23. Thiele, 1931: 730. <i>Oophana (Indoartemon) eburnea</i>: Forcart, 1946: 215. <i>Indoartemon eburneus</i>: Zilch, 1960: 562, fig. 1196. <b>Material examined.</b> A single syntype in the H. Cuming collection is designated here as the lectotype NHMUK 20120255 (Fig. 1A). Additional record CUMZ 5014 (16 shells; Fig. 1C), Wat Tam Phalom, Loei, Thailand. Limestone hills 400–600 m above the mean sea level (17°33'17.1"N, 101°52'4.3"E). <b>Remarks.</b> The oblique-heliciform shell possesses 7½ whorls and is a translucent glossy white with distinct sutures; fine transverse ridges diminish below the periphery. The embryonic shell is smooth and large with about 2½ whorls. The periphery is shouldered, the last whorl axially deflected and umbilicus open. Aperture semi-ovate, peristome discontinuous and expanded. Apertural dentition with one parietal and one palatal lamella (Fig. 3A). <i>Indoartemon laevis</i> (Blanford, 1899) from Myanmar is distinctive with a smaller shell, lower spire and a basal lamella. <i>Indoartemon eburnea</i> is superficially similar to <i>I. cingalensis</i> from Sri Lanka, however, the last whorl is less deviated from the vertical axis and a columellar lamella is present. Shells from Thailand (Fig. 3B) are slightly larger than the lectotype (Fig. 3A). However, apertural dentition and shell shape correspond and the size difference is interpreted as intra-specific variation.
description: Published as part of <i>Siriboon, Thanit, Sutcharit, Chirasak, Naggs, Fred, Rowson, Ben &amp; Panha, Somsak, 2014, Revision of the carnivorous snail genus Indoartemon Forcart, 1946 and a new genus Carinartemis from Thailand (Pulmonata: Streptaxidae), pp. 161-174 in Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 62</i> on page 162, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4504075
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