| Autor: |
Rodrigo B. Salvador, Luiz R. L. Simone |
| Jazyk: |
English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese |
| Rok vydání: |
2014 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Iheringia: Série Zoologia, Vol 104, Iss 4, Pp 484-487 (2014) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1678-4766 |
| DOI: |
10.1590/1678-476620141044484487 |
| Popis: |
A new species of pulmonate snail was recently collected in a small forest fragment in the city of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia state, Brazil. Bahia is known for a high diversity of land snails and Bom Jesus da Lapa is an interesting locality, since it is close to the interface between two major Brazilian biomes: Cerrado and Caatinga. The new species is described as Cyclodontina tapuia sp. nov. and can be easily identified by its brown shell, conical spire, convex whorls, a sculpture comprised of strong ribs, and an aperture with four barriers: a median parietal tooth, a median palatal tooth, a median basal tooth and a strong columellar lamella. This discovery is also a reminder of how little the Brazilian continental molluscan fauna is known and of the urgency in studying and preserving the rich (though usually overlooked) fauna of the Caatinga. |
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