Shuiyu shiji Xiang, He, Lu & Chen 2025, gen. et sp. nov.
Shuiyu shiji Xiang, He, Lu & Chen, gen. et sp. nov. https://zoobank.org/ urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 3A3797A3-CBA5-4D98-A78B-681B1C36AD76 Fig. 2 I, Fig. 4 H-J Material examined. Holotype: XHQ 24010901, shell height 21.0 mm. Zhongshu Town, Luliang County, Qujing City, Yunnan Province, China, 25.02°N, 103.66°E, June 2021, collected by Yue-Ming He and Hong-Quan Xiang (Fig. 1). Paratypes: 2 specimens, XHQ 24010902-03, shell height 20.2-25.0 mm, June 2023, locality and habitat same as holotype. Diagnosis. Shell small, elongate conic, white, with ten whorls, the whorls with axial ribs, aperture ovate, outer lip reflexed. Description. Shell small, translucent, but solid, elongate conic, grey, with ten spiral whorls, including two protoconch whorls, teleoconch whorl inflated; third whorls smooth; other whorls with eleven axial ribs, body whorl not swollen. Apex obtuse. Umbilicus narrow and small, base white and with one weak keel around umbilical area. Aperture ovate, less than half of shell in height, inner lip thickened and smooth, outer lip reflexed and thickened. Differential diagnosis. Compared with S. rillionaae gen. et sp. nov. and S. multicostata gen. et sp. nov., Shuiyu. shiji gen. et sp. nov. shells longer and with less axial ribs. Etymology. The species name " shiji " originates from ancient Chinese agricultural culture, refers to the practice of using lake water for irrigating farmland. We suggest the Chinese common name as " aeṣ水玉Dz ". Distribution and ecology. This species is only found in the lake sediments of Lake Lulianghai in Luliang, Yunnan Province.
Institutions
- Tianjin Agricultural University (CN)
- Beijing Institute of Technology (CN)
- Nanchang University (CN)
- Memorial Foundation (US)
- Yuxi Normal University (CN)
- Fuzhou University (CN)
- Auburn University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2025-04-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16960797
- Primary Topic
- Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00