Hypselostoma W. H. Benson 1856
Creators: name: Gojšina, Vukašin
name: Hunyadi, András
name: Sutcharit, Chirasak
name: Tongkerd, Piyoros
name: Auffenberg, Kurt
name: Grego, Jozef
name: Vermeulen, Jaap J.
name: Reischütz, Alexander
name: Páll-Gergely, Barna
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Stylommatophora
Hypselostomatidae
Hypselostoma

description: GenusHypselostomaBenson, 1856
Hypselostoma Benson, 1856 b: 342 (replacement name for Tanystoma Benson, 1856, non Motschulsky 1845, Carabidae, Coleoptera).
Gyliotrachela Tomlin, 1930: 24. (replacement name for Gyliauchen Pilsbry 1917 non Nicoll 1915, Platyhelminthes, Trematoda) syn. nov.
Antroapiculus Panha & Burch, 2002 a: 144–148. syn. nov.
Diagnosis.
This genus is subdivided into four species groups: i) H. bensonianum group ii) H. hungerfordianum group; iii) H. terae group and iv) H. tubiferum group. This subdivision is based on the shell surface sculpture (coupled with apertural barrier morphology and geographic distribution in H. terae group) which is raised spirally striated in H. bensonianum group, granulated (sandpaper-like) in H. hungerfordianum group and fine, pasty in H. terae and H. tubiferum group. Most representatives share the depressed-conical or conical shell shape with last whorl adnate to or detached from the penultimate.
Remarks.
Hypselostoma aenigma sp. nov. is provisionally placed in this genus due to the specific apertural barrier arrangement. Hypselostoma torta sp. nov. is also not a typical representative since it has non-raised spiral striae which are probably not homologous to the raised ones as usual for the genus.
Genera Gyliotrachela and Antroapiculus are both treated as junior synonyms of Hypselostoma due to the following facts: i) Antroapiculus is described based on a unique shell (flat with strongly downwards descending aperture) and a single lamella on the parietal side (parietal lamella). This however does not seem to warrant separation of a new genus since the flat shell (H. tridentatum, H. khaowongkot, H. utongense) and strongly descending aperture (H. srakeoense, H. chaunosalpinx, H. fungus sp. nov., H. transitans, H. torticollis) are shared with other congeners. Furthermore, apertural barrier arrangement is also similar to H. torticollis, H. fungus sp. nov., H. depressum which indicates that the combination of characters in H. pendulum could just be an autapomorphic state which could be changed rapidly during the evolution; ii) Gyliotrachela is treated distinct from Hypselostoma solely based on the separated parietal and angular lamella on the parietal side (Pilsbry 1917). Since we have found several examples of species with almost exactly the same shell morphology, but with different apertural barrier arrangements (Fig. 262), we find it less likely that they belong to different genera and find this criterium insufficient.
1. Hypselostoma bensonianum group
Diagnosis. Hypselostoma bensonianum group is characterised by raised and usually widely spaced spiral striation (in form of threads).
Remarks. A total of 46 species belong to this group. This group has a wide distribution across Southeast Asia as well as in Australia where only one species can be found. In Southeast Asia, this group spans from central and eastern Myanmar to Taiwan as well as southwards all the way to Indonesia. Northernmost localities on mainland Southeast Asia are known from Luang Prabang Province in Laos.
description: Published as part of Gojšina, Vukašin, Hunyadi, András, Sutcharit, Chirasak, Tongkerd, Piyoros, Auffenberg, Kurt, Grego, Jozef, Vermeulen, Jaap J., Reischütz, Alexander & Páll-Gergely, Barna, 2025, A new start? Revision of the genera Anauchen, Bensonella, Gyliotrachela and Hypselostoma (Gastropoda, Eupulmonata, Hypselostomatidae) of Southeast Asia with description of 46 new species, pp. 1-338 in ZooKeys 1235 on pages 1-338, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1235.145281