A new species of Pseudomphala Heude, 1882 (Gastropoda, Truncatelloidea, Assimineidae) from Zhoushan of Zhejiang Province, East China Sea
Wenliang Liu, Feijun Zhang, Liu Tao, Jiyao Li, Xiaosong Li · 2026
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Description
Wenliang Liu and co-authors describe a new snail species from the East China Sea in a 2026 taxonomic paper. The animal was collected near Zhoushan in Zhejiang Province during a survey of local marine life.
Placed in the genus Pseudomphala, the species shows a shell with a thread below the suture and a covered umbilicus. Its penis lacks a papilla. Its central radular teeth carry 4 to 5 pairs of strong side cusps. Its outer marginal teeth bear 6 to 7 large cusps with a thin flap. DNA checks with COI sequences, run under Bayesian and likelihood methods, backed the placement. Only two other Pseudomphala species were known from the northwest Pacific.
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| CREATOR | Wenliang Liu, Feijun Zhang, Liu Tao, Jiyao Li, Xiaosong Li |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 20548 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |