Proceedings of the Korean Aquaculture Society Conference (한국양식학회:학술대회논문집)

The Korean Society of Fisheries and Aquatic Science (한국양식학회)
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Sinistras chois, a new genus and species of terrestrial cave snails from jeju Island, Korea(Gastropoda: Subulinidae)

  • Park, Gab-Man (Department of Parasitology, Kwandong University College of Medicine)
  • Published : 2004.05.13
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Abstract

A terrestrial cave snail (Gastropoda: Subulinidae), Sinistras chois n. gen., n. sp., from the Gungi-cave in Jeju Island, South Korea represents a monotypic genus, and is proposed as a new genus in the family Subulinidae. Diagnostic features of the genus include a sinistral shell, that has a minute-sized, elongate conic-shaped, apical microsculpture with low tubercles. The chromosome number and karyotype are 2n=56 and 8M+15SM+5ST, respectively.

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