Hypselostoma transitans Mollendorff 1894
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
Hypselostoma transitans

description: Hypselostoma transitans Möllendorff, 1894
Figs 186 O, 213, 214, 223
Hypselostoma transitans Möllendorff, 1894: 16, figs 12, 13.
Hypselostoma translucidum [sic] — Fischer and Dautzenberg 1904: 408.
Gyliauchen transitans — Pilsbry 1917: 214–215, pl. 36, figs 5–8.
Gliotrachela transitans [sic] — Laidlaw 1933: 214.
Gyliotrachela transitans transitans — van Benthem Jutting 1950: 47; van Benthem Jutting 1950: 28; Thompson and Upatham 1997: 233.
Gyliotrachela transitans — Zilch 1984: 166; Hemmen and Hemmen 2001: 41; Panha and Burch 2008: 85, fig. 74; Dumrongrojwattana and Wongkamhaeng 2024: 324, fig. 8.
Hypselostoma transitans — Fischer and Dautzenberg 1904: 408.
Type material examined.
Thailand • 1 lectotype; SMF 4589 • 8 paralectotypes; from the type locality; SMF 4590.
Additional material examined.
Thailand • 2 shells; Chumphon Province, 2.5 km northeast from Pathio, Tham Khao Phlu; 10°43.851'N, 99°19.242'E; 23 Feb. 2015; A. Hunyadi leg.; coll. HA • 22 fragments and 1 complete shell; Suratthani Province, Angthong islands, Wia Talap island, steep path to Buaboke cave, at the base of limestone rocks; 8°7.603'N, 98°55.466'E; 50 m a. s. l.; Sep. 2007; A. Reischütz leg.; coll. REI.
Type locality.
“ Samui islands, Gulf of Siam ”, Thailand.
Differential diagnosis.
Hypselostoma torticollis is similar due to the down-turning aperture and same arrangement of the apertural barriers but this species has a much wider umbilicus, more enlarged last whorl and is spirally striated. Hypselostoma fungus sp. nov. is spirally striated, has merged angular and parietal lamellae, more down-turning last whorl and a much wider umbilicus. See also under H. venustum.
Distribution.
This species in known from Chumphon and Suratthani provinces in Thailand.
Remarks.
In some paralectotypes, a lamella between the columellar and parietal was positioned much deeper in the aperture. We have examined a distinct form of this species from Tham Khao Phlu (Chumphon province). This form had a wider umbilicus and a sharper keel as well as more enlarged last whorl in comparison to previous ones. However, we decided not to treat it as distinct species due to the fact that we have also found a transitional form between the typical H. transitans (close to its type locality) and the one from Tham Khao Phlu.
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