Lacunopsis luliangensis Xiang, He, Lu & Chen 2025, sp. nov.
Lacunopsis luliangensis Xiang, He, Lu & Chen, sp. nov. https://zoobank.org/ urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 706BB7A1-F702-4654-8A4F-873BED5509DA Fig. 2 W, Fig. 8 D-F Material examined. Holotype: XHQ 24012301, shell height 10.0 mm. Zhongshu Town, Luliang County, Qujing City, Yunnan Province, China, 25.02°N, 103.66°E, June 2022, collected by Yue-Ming He and Hong-Quan Xiang (Fig. 1). Paratypes: 2 specimens, XHQ 24012302-03, shell height 10.8-11.0 mm, June 2022, locality and habitat same as holotype. Diagnosis. Shell small, ovate-conic, white, with five whorls, the whorls with nine axial ribs, aperture ovate, outer lip thickened. Description. Shell small, but solid, ovate-conic, white, with five spiral whorls, including two protoconch whorls, teleoconch whorl inflated; Second to third whorls smooth; other whorls with three spiral ribs, body whorl swollen. Apex obtuse. Umbilicus narrow, 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 thickened. Differential diagnosis. Compared with L. yuxiensis, L. luliangensis sp. nov. shell with less spiral ribs and whithout nodules. Compared with L. yunnanensis, L. luliangensis sp. nov. with ovate-conic and bigger shell. Etymology. The species name "luliangensis " is derived from the Chinese name of its locality, which is Luliang County in Qujing City, Yunnan Province. We suggest the Chinese common name as " LaŪŘDz ". 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.16960900
- Primary Topic
- Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
- Type
- article
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