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03DE8788A433FFBB38C1FA73FE1142E0.text	03DE8788A433FFBB38C1FA73FE1142E0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Aenigmatoconcha Tumpeesuwan & Tumpeesuwan 2017	<div><p>Genus Aenigmatoconcha Tumpeesuwan &amp; Tumpeesuwan, 2017</p> <p>Aenigmatoconcha Tumpeesuwan &amp; Tumpeesuwan, 2017: 182–184.</p> <p>Aenigmatoconcha – Tumpeesuwan &amp; Tumpeesuwan 2018: 171.</p> <p>Type species</p> <p>Aenigmatoconcha clivicola Tumpeesuwan &amp; Tumpeesuwan, 2017, by original designation.</p> <p>Description</p> <p>Shell dextral with 5–5½ convex whorls, strongly depressed to globosely depressed, medium-sized, thin to slightly solid, translucent, and pale milky to whitish-horny in colour. Shell surface smooth, glossy, and varix usually present. Body whorl well-rounded to slightly-shouldered. Suture shallow. Aperture slightly to very crescentic in shape with simple lip. Umbilicus open and deep.</p> <p>Animal with reticulated skinand whitish, yellowish, pale fleshy grey to dark brown body with tiny whitish dots irregularly scattered over entire body. Mantle lobes well-developed (two shell lobes and three dorsal lobes; see Figs 3, 5A). Shell lobes can cover most, if not all of the shell and are retracted when disturbed. Left and right shell lobes very thin, translucent, ovate to triangular in shape; right shell lobe (rsl) smaller than left shell lobe (lsl). Dorsal lobes enlarged, crescent-shaped, covering body, and smaller than shell lobes. Anterior left dorsal lobe (ant-ldl) and posterior left dorsal lobe (post-ldl) smaller than right dorsal lobe (rdl). Sole tripartite, lateral foot margin, caudal fossa, and caudal horn present.</p> <p>Genitalia with moderately long to very long penis, thick penial sheath, short to long epiphallus, small flagellum, and short vagina. Gametolytic organ with short gametolytic duct and bulbous gametolytic sac. Oviduct with large lobules; prostate gland running alongside oviduct.</p> <p>Radular teeth arranged in anteriorly V-shaped or wide-angle U-shaped rows; central tooth symmetrical monocuspid and spatulate or oblong in shape; lateral and marginal teeth undifferentiated, asymmetrical monocuspid and spatulate or oblong in shape, and outermost teeth gradually reduced in size.</p> <p>Distribution</p> <p>Species of Aenigmatoconcha exhibit allopatric distributions and are restricted to limestone karsts in Thailand (Fig. 1).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE8788A433FFBB38C1FA73FE1142E0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pholyotha, Arthit;Sutcharit, Chirasak;Tongkerd, Piyoros;Panha, Somsak	Pholyotha, Arthit, Sutcharit, Chirasak, Tongkerd, Piyoros, Panha, Somsak (2021): Systematic revision of the limestone karst-restricted land snail genus Aenigmatoconcha (Eupulmonata: Helicarionidae), with description of a new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 767: 55-82, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.767.1487, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.767.1487
03DE8788A43DFFB938CEFD6CFED643E4.text	03DE8788A43DFFB938CEFD6CFED643E4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Aenigmatoconcha clivicola Tumpeesuwan & Tumpeesuwan 2017	<div><p>Aenigmatoconcha clivicola Tumpeesuwan &amp; Tumpeesuwan, 2017</p> <p>Figs 1, 2A, 4A–B, 5, 10A</p> <p>Aenigmatoconcha clivicola Tumpeesuwan &amp; Tumpeesuwan, 2017: 184–187, figs 2–5. Type locality: Phu Pha Lom Limestone Hill in Mueang District, Loei Province, northeastern Thailand.</p> <p>Aenigmatoconcha clivicola – Tumpeesuwan &amp; Tumpeesuwan 2018: 171.</p> <p>Material examined</p> <p>THAILAND • 39 sh, 22 sp; Loei Province, Mueang District, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=101.86817&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=17.554611" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 101.86817/lat 17.554611)">Phu Pha Lom Limestone Hill</a>; 17°33′16.6″ N, 101°52′05.4″ E; CUMZ 7928 • 6 sh, 12 sp; same collection data as for preceding; CUMZ 7929 • 48 sh; Loei Province, Na Duang District, Limestone outcrops at Wat Tham Pha Ya; 17°34′40.1″ N, 101°53′35.1″ E; CUMZ 7930.</p> <p>Description</p> <p>SHELL (Fig. 4A–B). Shell strongly depressed to depressed, medium-sized (shell width 17.2–20.1 mm, shell height 8.6–10.0 mm), rather thin to slightly solid and translucent, milky to pale whitish-horny colour, well-rounded body whorl, little elevated spire, impressed suture, obvious varix, and open umbilicus.</p> <p>EXTERNAL FEATURES (Figs 2A, 5A). Animal with five well-developed mantle lobes. Left and right shell lobes thin, pale yellowish to fleshy-grey colour and spread with small whitish dots. Three dorsal lobes crescent-shaped and smaller than shell lobes.</p> <p>GENITALIA (Fig. 5B–D). Atrium (at) enlarged and very short. Penis (p) rather long cylindrical, penial sheath (ps) very thick and covering entire penis, and penial caecum (pc) rather small protruding. Inner wall of penis covered with trapezoid-shaped penial pilasters (pp) arranged in oblique rows. Epiphallus (e1 + e2) as long as penis: e1 long and slender, and e2 bulbous and about half e1 length. Inner sculpture of e1 with very small and thin longitudinal folds to nearly smooth surface. Inner sculpture of e2 trapezoid to conical pilasters. Epiphallic caecum (ec) long with thick penial retractor muscle (prm) attached at tip. Flagellum (fl) small and short.</p> <p>RADULA (Fig. 10A). Teeth arranged in anteriorly V-shaped rows with half row consisting of about 70– 76 teeth at middle plate. Central, lateral, and marginal teeth monocuspid and spatulate-shaped with curved cusp.</p> <p>Distribution</p> <p>This species is currently known only from 2 localities: the type locality (Phu Pha Lom) and limestone hills in Loei Province (Fig. 1).</p> <p>Remarks</p> <p>The genitalia were originally described but without examination of the internal sculpture of penis. In this study, we examined 20 adult topotypic specimens to provide descriptions of the penial sheath, penial caecum, and flagellum that were not included in the original description. The penial sheath is very large and covers the entire penis (Fig. 5B). The short penial caecum, an extension of the penis, is located near the penis and epiphallus junction (Fig. 5B). This character is visible when penial sheath is removed. Its internal sculpture is rather smooth, unlike the penial sculpture, with its trapezoid-shaped pilasters (Fig. 5C). The Australian helicarionids, Nitor whitneyae Stanisic, 2010 has a penial caecum while other Nitor taxa do not have a penial caecum (Hyman &amp; Köhler 2018). In Southeast Asian ariophantids, the presence or absence of a penial caecum is a discriminating character among species in genera such as Macrochlamys Gray, 1847 and Taphrenalla Pholyotha &amp; Panha, 2020, and is supported by molecular studies (Pholyotha et al. 2018, 2021). The flagellum of A. clivicola is an extension of the epiphallus and is located near the insertion point of the vas deferens. It is somewhat small and short, and bound to the vas deferens by thin connective tissue. This feature is important for spermatophore formation before copulation (Tompa 1984; Baur 2010). However, during this study no spermatophores were observed in A. clivicola.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE8788A43DFFB938CEFD6CFED643E4	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pholyotha, Arthit;Sutcharit, Chirasak;Tongkerd, Piyoros;Panha, Somsak	Pholyotha, Arthit, Sutcharit, Chirasak, Tongkerd, Piyoros, Panha, Somsak (2021): Systematic revision of the limestone karst-restricted land snail genus Aenigmatoconcha (Eupulmonata: Helicarionidae), with description of a new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 767: 55-82, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.767.1487, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.767.1487
03DE8788A43FFFBD38B7FC69FAC942DE.text	03DE8788A43FFFBD38B7FC69FAC942DE.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Aenigmatoconcha mitis (Pfeiffer 1863)	<div><p>Aenigmatoconcha mitis (Pfeiffer, 1863) comb. nov.</p> <p>Figs 1, 2B, 4C–F, 6, 10B</p> <p>Helix mitis Pfeiffer, 1863 [1862]: 268. Type locality: Lao Mountains, Camboja [Lao Mountains, Cambodia].</p> <p>Helix mitis – Pfeiffer 1868: 141. — Tryon 1886: 171.</p> <p>Ariophanta (Kaliella) mitis – Fischer 1891: 21.</p> <p>Hyalinia mitis – Fischer &amp; Dautzenberg 1904: 396.</p> <p>Macrochlamys (?) mitis – Inkhavilay et al. 2019: 78, 79, fig. 37b.</p> <p>Material examined</p> <p>Syntypes CAMBODIA • 2 sh; “Lao Mountains, Camboja ” [Lao Mountains, Cambodia]; NHMUK ex. Cuming collection.</p> <p>Other material</p> <p>THAILAND • 37 sh, 16 sp; Nakhon Sawan Province, Mueang District, Limestone outcrops at Wat Tham Bo Ya; 15º43′47.3″ N, 99º56′44.7″ E; CUMZ 7708 • 30 sh, 15 sp; same collection data as for preceding; CUMZ 7885 • 8 sh, 21 sp; Nakhon Sawan Province, Krok Phra District, Limestone outcrops at Wat Khao Tham Phra; 15°33′30.2″ N, 99°57′28.1″ E; CUMZ 7849 • 3 sp; Kanchanaburi Province, Sai Yok District, Limestone outcrops at Wat Thep Thepa Satthatham; 14°03′56.6″ N, 99°11′45.7″ E; CUMZ 7913 • 21 sh, 24 sp; Kanchanaburi Province, Mueang District, Limestone outcrops at Wat Tham Charoentham; 13°55′59.1″ N, 99°27′59.9″ E; CUMZ 7687 • 3 sp; Kanchanaburi Province, Tha Muang District, Limestone outcrops at Wat Tham Faet; 13°57′52.5″ N, 99°34′56.1″ E; CUMZ 7914 • 30 sh, 1 sp; Kanchanaburi Province, Dan Makham Tia District, Limestone outcrops at Wat Tham Khao Cha Ang; 13°48′08.4″ N, 99°26′33.2″ E; CUMZ 7247 • 4 sh, 3 sp; Phetchaburi Province, Khao Yoi District, Limestone outcrops at Wat Khiri Wong; 13°20′03.2″ N, 99°45′19.0″ E; CUMZ 7917 • 1 sh, 15 sp; Phetchaburi Province, Khao Yoi District, Limestone outcrops at Wat Puang Malai; 13°18′46.0″ N, 99°47′02.2″ E; CUMZ 7921 • 9 sh; same collection data as for preceding; CUMZ 7938 • 5 sh, 14 sp; Phetchaburi Province, Tha Yang District, Limestone outcrops at Wat Khao Krachiu; 12°57′41.3″ N, 99°54′49.3″ E; CUMZ 7918 • 3 sh, 16 sp; Phetchaburi Province, Cha-am District, Limestone outcrops at Khao Nang Panthurat; 12°50′20.5″ N, 99°57′11.6″ E; CUMZ 7920 • 2 sh, 2 sp; Phetchaburi Province, Cha-am District, Limestone outcrops at Tham Chaeng Bureau of Monks; 12°49′44.3″ N, 99°56′27.1″ E; CUMZ 7919 • 4 sh, 7 sp; Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, Mueang District, Limestone outcrops at Khao Lom Muak; 11°47′03.0″ N, 99°48′56.3″ E; CUMZ 7915 • 3 sh, 8 sp; Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, Mueang District, Limestone outcrops at Khao Ta Mong Lai; 11 o 50′07.3″ N, 99 o 49′50.1″ E; CUMZ 7916.</p> <p>Description</p> <p>SHELL (Fig. 4C–F). Shell depressed to globosely depressed, medium-sized (width 12.3–18.1 mm, height 6.9–9.9 mm), rather thin, and translucent. Shell surface smooth and glossy. Shell colour whitish to very pale horny-white. Whorls: 5–5½, regularly increasing in size; varix present; suture rather wide and shallow. Spire rather elevated. Last whorl broad and well-rounded. Aperture obliquely oval-lunate in shape; peristome simple. Columellar margin simple, slightly expanded near umbilicus. Umbilicus open and deep.</p> <p>EXTERNAL FEATURES (Fig. 2B). Living snails with reticulated skin and pale yellowish to dark grey body. Five well-developed mantle lobes; left and right shell lobes thin, pale yellowish, spread with small whitish dots, and left shell lobe larger than right shell lobe. Three dorsal lobes broad and crescentshaped; right dorsal lobe larger than anterior and posterior left dorsal lobes. Caudal fossa present; caudal horn raised, rather large, and whitish to pale fleshy-grey in colour.</p> <p>GENITALIA (Fig. 6). Atrium (at) enlarged and very short. Penis (p) long, cylindrical, and with slightly thick penial sheath (ps) encircling about half of penis length. Inner sculpture of penis with very small and oblique wrinkled penial pilasters (pp), and one large longitudinal fold running the length of the entire penis chamber. Epiphallus (e1 + e2) approximately as long as penis: e1 slender and narrower than penis, and e2 shorter and bulbous shape. Inner sculpture of e1 with very small thin longitudinal folds to nearly smooth surface with one thickened longitudinal fold, and inner sculpture of e2 with large papillae arranged in oblique rows. Epiphallic caecum (ec) very short; penial retractor muscle (prm) thin and attached at tip. Flagellum (fl) small and rather short. Vas deferens (vd) very long and thin. Vagina (v) very short and enlarged. Gametolytic duct (gd) long, slender, and enlarged near vagina; gametolytic sac (gs) very large and oblong shape. Free oviduct (fo) cylindrical, long, and encircled with thick tissue near vagina.</p> <p>RADULA (Fig. 10B). Teeth arranged in anteriorly V-shaped rows with half row consisting of about 76– 79 teeth at middle plate. Central teeth symmetrical monocuspid, and spatulate-shaped with curved cusp. Lateral and marginal teeth undifferentiated, asymmetrical monocuspid, spatulate-shaped with curved cusp, and outermost teeth gradually reduced in size.</p> <p>Distribution</p> <p>The distribution of Aenigmatoconcha mitis is wider than all other recognised species. This species can be found in limestone areas ranging from central (Nakhon Sawan Province) to southern (Prachuap Khiri Khan Province) Thailand (Fig. 1).</p> <p>Remarks</p> <p>This species was originally described by L. Pfeiffer (1863) based on specimens in the collection of H. Cuming obtained from Henry Mouhot. The collection locality was brief: “Lao Mountains, Camboja ”. However, Mouhot’s recorded localities were generally imprecise and referred to a wide geographical area, for example “ Siam ”, “Lao Mountains, Camboja ” and “ Camboja ”. This has made it difficult to infer more precise type localities of several land snail species described from Mouhot’s specimens. No additional specimen records or literature references are available for this species until now. The most recent works on land snails from Laos and southern Cambodia confirmed the existence of A. mitis (Inkhavilay et al. 2019; Sutcharit et al. 2020c). Based on the recorded itinerary, H. Mouhot had travelled to “Pechaburi” [Petchaburi Province] in 1861, and clearly stated that he had visited caves and several hills during his four-month stay (Mouhot 1864: 57; Ashburton 1864: map). We have surveyed several limestone hills in western and peninsular Thailand and encountered numbers of empty shells and living specimens that well-matched with the type specimens of “ Helix mitis Pfeiffer, 1863 ” (Fig. 4C). Therefore, peninsular Thailand (Petchaburi Province; Fig. 1) might be the area where H. Mouhot collected this species.</p> <p>Aenigmatoconcha mitis exhibits a rather wide range of shell shape variation from depressed (Fig. 4F) to somewhat globose (Fig. 4C, D). However, the genitalia of these shell morphs are identical and the COI phylogeny also supports that all shell morphs are grouped together within the A. mitis clade (Fig. 2).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE8788A43FFFBD38B7FC69FAC942DE	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pholyotha, Arthit;Sutcharit, Chirasak;Tongkerd, Piyoros;Panha, Somsak	Pholyotha, Arthit, Sutcharit, Chirasak, Tongkerd, Piyoros, Panha, Somsak (2021): Systematic revision of the limestone karst-restricted land snail genus Aenigmatoconcha (Eupulmonata: Helicarionidae), with description of a new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 767: 55-82, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.767.1487, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.767.1487
03DE8788A43BFFA338DCFCB4FD554308.text	03DE8788A43BFFA338DCFCB4FD554308.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Aenigmatoconcha sumonthai Tumpeesuwan & Tumpeesuwan 2018	<div><p>Aenigmatoconcha sumonthai Tumpeesuwan &amp; Tumpeesuwan, 2018</p> <p>Figs 1, 2C–E, 7A–D, 8, 10C</p> <p>Aenigmatoconcha sumonthai Tumpeesuwan &amp; Tumpeesuwan, 2018: 171–173, figs 2–6. Type locality: Tham Chang Phueak limestone range, Mueang District, Chumphon Province, southern Thailand.</p> <p>Material examined</p> <p>THAILAND • 45 sh, 20 sp; Chumphon Province, Mueang District, Limestone outcrops at Tham Chang Phuek Bureau of Monks; 10°26′50.0″ N, 99°02′07.1″ E; CUMZ 7922 • 40 sh; same collection data as for preceding; CUMZ 7923 • 18 sh, 10 sp; same collection data as for preceding; CUMZ 7937 • 45 sh, 6 sp; Chumphon Province, Mueang District, Limestone outcrops at Wat Tham Sanook; 10°28′51.3″ N, 99°04′28.3″ E; CUMZ 7924 • 10 sh, 7 sp; same collection data as for preceding; CUMZ 7925 • 22 sh, 11 sp; Chumphon Province, Sawi District, Limestone outcrops at Tham Nam Lod Thepnimit Bureau of Monks; 10°22′39.5″ N, 99°00′39.5″ E; CUMZ 7927 • 4 sh, 8 sp; Chumphon Province, Sawi District, Limestone outcrops at Wat Nam Cha; 10°17′57.0″ N, 99°01′58.5″ E; CUMZ 7926.</p> <p>Description</p> <p>SHELL (Fig. 7A–B). Shell strongly depressed to depressed, medium-sized (width 14.4–16.6 mm, height 7.0– 8.2 mm), thin, translucent, whitish colour, well-rounded to slightly shouldered body whorl, elevated spire, impressed suture, obvious varix, and open umbilicus.</p> <p>EXTERNAL FEATURES (Fig. 2C–E). Animal with five well-developed mantle lobes. Left and right shell lobes pale yellowish to fleshy-grey colour, usually with black margin, and with or without small to large black spots or blotches. Three dorsal lobes crescent-shaped and smaller than the other two shell lobes. Black stripes behind long tentacles.</p> <p>GENITALIA (Fig. 8). Atrium (at) enlarged and very short. Penis (p) long, cylindrical with thick penial sheath (ps) extending to half of penis length. Inner sculpture of penis with small conical penial pilasters (pp). Epiphallus (e1 + e2) as long as penis: e1 slender, and e2 bulbous. Inner sculpture of e1 with small thin longitudinal folds, while e2 with small papillae arranged in oblique rows. Epiphallic caecum (ec) short with thin penial retractor muscle (prm) attached at tip. Flagellum (fl) small and short.</p> <p>RADULA (Fig. 10C). Teeth arranged in anteriorly V-shaped rows with half row consisting of about 63– 65 teeth at the middle plate. All teeth monocuspid and spatulate-shaped with curved cusp.</p> <p>Distribution</p> <p>Aenigmatoconcha sumonthai has a narrow distribution, with populations living on a few limestone hills in Chumphon Province (Fig. 1). We extended our survey, especially among limestone sites about 200 km southwards down to southern peninsular Thailand, but we could not find this species elsewhere.</p> <p>Remarks</p> <p>The lack of a penial sheath and flagellum in the male reproductive organs of A. sumonthai was originally reported to be similar to A. clivicola (Tumpeesuwan &amp; Tumpeesuwan, 2018: 174, fig. 6). In this study, based on topotypic specimens, however, A. sumonthai was found to have a large and thickened penial sheath and small flagellum encircled with loose tissue (Fig. 8).</p> <p>Aenigmatoconcha sumonthai shows variation in the black blotches on both shell lobes ranging from absent (Fig. 2E) to the lobes almost entirely covered (Fig. 2C). The DNA sequence analysis suggested that these variations formed a clade of A. sumonthai (Fig. 2). In addition, this species develops a calcareous epiphragm with a small perforation to limit body-water evaporation but allowing respiratory gas exchange during dormancy (Fig. 7C, D).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE8788A43BFFA338DCFCB4FD554308	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pholyotha, Arthit;Sutcharit, Chirasak;Tongkerd, Piyoros;Panha, Somsak	Pholyotha, Arthit, Sutcharit, Chirasak, Tongkerd, Piyoros, Panha, Somsak (2021): Systematic revision of the limestone karst-restricted land snail genus Aenigmatoconcha (Eupulmonata: Helicarionidae), with description of a new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 767: 55-82, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.767.1487, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.767.1487
03DE8788A425FFA43889FCEAFC764665.text	03DE8788A425FFA43889FCEAFC764665.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Aenigmatoconcha eunetis Pholyotha & Panha	<div><p>Aenigmatoconcha eunetis Pholyotha &amp; Panha sp. nov.</p> <p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 98AD360F-93A3-4A8E-BE1A-5C991DBC358F</p> <p>Figs 1, 2F–H, 7E–F, 9, 10D</p> <p>Diagnosis</p> <p>Shell medium-sized and pale yellowish white. Aperture ovate-lunate in shape and vertically open. Genitalia with very long and slender penis with many tiny conical penial pilasters inside. Radular teeth arranged in wide-angle U-shaped row, teeth with oblong shape, monocuspid.</p> <p>Etymology</p> <p>The specific name ʻ eunetis ʼ is from the Greek word meaning ʻspousesʼ, honouring the authors of genus Aenigmatoconcha, who are married.</p> <p>Material examined</p> <p>Holotype THAILAND • 1 sh (width 13.9 mm, height 7.4 mm); Uthai Thani Province, Lan Sak District, Limestone outcrops at Tham Namthip Bureau of Monks; 15°26′00.3″ N, 99°35′18.7″ E; CUMZ 7931.</p> <p>Paratypes THAILAND • 1 sh, 7 sp; same collection data as for holotype; CUMZ 7933 • 12 sp; same collection data as for holotype; CUMZ 7932 • 2 sh; same collection data as for holotype; NHMUK.</p> <p>Other material</p> <p>THAILAND • 1 sp; Uthai Thani Province, Lan Sak District, Limestone outcrops at Hup Pa Tat; 15°22′36.5″ N, 99°37′49.5″ E; CUMZ 7934 • 6 sp; same collection data as for preceding; CUMZ 7935 • 3 sh, 27 sp; Uthai Thani Province, Nong Chang District, Limestone outcrops at Wat Khao Bang Kraek; 15°18′07.9″ N, 99°41′04.5″ E; CUMZ 7936.</p> <p>Description</p> <p>SHELL (Fig. 7E–F). Depressed to globosely depressed, medium-sized (width 12.6–14.2 mm, height 6.1– 7.1 mm), thin and translucent. Shell surface smooth, and polished, and pale yellowish white. Whorls: 5–5½, regularly increasing in size, separated by shallow suture. Spire rather elevated; varix usually present; last whorl well-rounded. Aperture very obliquely oval-lunate in shape; peristome simple. Columellar margin simple and slightly expanded near umbilicus. Umbilicus open and deep.</p> <p>EXTERNAL FEATURES (Fig. 2F–H). Living snails with reticulated skin and pale yellowish to slightly dark grey body. Five well-developed mantle lobes: left and right shell lobes translucent, same colour as body, covered by tiny whitish dots, right shell lobe smaller than left shell lobe. Dorsal lobes broad and crescent-shaped: right dorsal lobe larger than both anterior and posterior left dorsal lobes. Caudal fossa present; caudal horn raised and rather large, and same colour as body.</p> <p>GENITALIA (Fig. 9). Atrium (at) enlarged and very short. Penis (p) very long and slender with rather thick penial sheath (ps) covering from atrium to almost middle of penis. Inner sculpture of penis with small conical penial pilasters (pp), and three prominent longitudinal folds along entire length of penis chamber. Epiphallus (e1 + e2) approximately half of penis length: e1 elongate and slender, and e2 very short and bulbous. Inner sculpture of e1 nearly smooth with small, thin, and longitudinal folds, and e2 densely papillate. Epiphallic caecum (ec) straight, short, and approximately as long as e2; penial retractor muscle (prm) thin and attached at tip. Flagellum (fl) small, rather short, and approximately as long as e2. Vas deferens (vd) very long, thin, and convoluted. Vagina (v) short, enlarged, thickened and cylindrical. Gametolytic sac (gs) short and bulbous; gametolytic duct (gd) long, enlarged near vagina then becoming smaller and very slender. Free oviduct (fo) long, cylindrical, and encircled with dense tissue near vagina.</p> <p>RADULA (Fig. 10D). Teeth arranged in wide-angle U-shape with half row consisting of about 97–98 teeth at middle plate. Central tooth symmetrical monocuspid, elongated oblong-shaped with curved cusp, and slightly smaller than lateral tooth. Lateral and marginal teeth undifferentiated, asymmetrical monocuspid and elongated oblong-shaped with curved cusp; outermost teeth gradually becoming smaller.</p> <p>Distribution</p> <p>Aenigmatoconcha eunetis sp. nov. occurs in a few isolated limestone hills in Uthai Thani Province.This new species lives on limestone karsts, where snails tend to hide themselves in rock crevices and shelter during the daytime.</p> <p>Remarks</p> <p>Aenigmatoconcha eunetis sp. nov. clearly differs from all congeners in having 1) the longest penis, 2) penial internal sculpture consisting of longitudinal folds and small conical penial pilasters, and 3) inner sculpture of epiphallus (e2) densely papillae. For comparison, A. clivicola has oblique trapezoidshaped penial pilasters, A. mitis has oblique wrinkled penial pilasters with a longitudinal fold, and A. sumonthai has very small conical penial pilasters without longitudinal fold. In addition, for the inner sculpture of epiphallus (e2), A. clivicola has irregularly oblique trapezoid and small conical papillae. Aenigmatoconcha mitis and A. sumonthai have loose papillae arranged in oblique rows, but the former has relatively fewer rows and papillae are significantly larger in size than the latter. Moreover, radular teeth of only A. eunetis sp. nov. are arranged in wide-angle U-shaped row and oblong-shaped teeth, while radular teeth of other Aenigmatoconcha species are arranged in V-shaped rows and spatulate in shape.</p> <p>Discussion</p> <p>Each of the four Aenigmatoconcha species forms a well-defined clade in the COI phylogeny. Aenigmatoconcha can be divided into two groups based on the genital characters (Figs 1–2; Table 2). Group I (Fig. 2) has a long epiphallic caecum and short penial caecum, and contains one species, A. clivicola, which is restricted to northeasthern Thailand (Fig. 1). Group II (Fig. 2) has a short epiphallic caecum and no penial caecum; this group contains A. mitis, A. sumonthai, and A. eunetis sp. nov. This group occurs from central to southern Thailand along the Tenasserim Range (Fig. 1). The COI tree showed very low nodal support for the relationships among the two Aenigmatoconcha groups and the other two helicarionid genera. Although the phylogenetic relationships among Aenigmatoconcha, Sophina and Chalepotaxis remain unresolved, the genital characters of both groups of Aenigmatoconcha were clearly distinct from Sophina and Chalepotaxis. In the phylogenetic tree of the 28S gene, moreover, these three genera were confirmed as different genera, but the systematic position of two Aenigmatoconcha species (A. clivicola and A. sumonthai) is unresolved (Sutcharit et al. 2020a). Further research should include on more genes and more taxa of the Southeast Asian helicarionoids to better understand the phylogenetic relationships and morphological evolution of these groups.</p> <p>Aenigmatoconcha can be distinguished from almost all other Southeast Asian helicarionoid genera by their unique milky to pale whitish-horny and umbilicate shell. Other helicarionoids with a whitish shell include Macrochlamys psyche Vermeulen et al., 2019, Sarika lactoconcha Pholyotha &amp; Panha, 2020, and Sarika consepta (Benson, 1860). However, the relatively medium to large-sized shells (shell width larger than 15 mm), narrowly perforate umbilicus, genital structure, and radula with triangular teeth of these three species clearly differentiate them from all Aenigmatoconcha species (Vermeulen et al. 2019; Pholyotha et al. 2020 a, 2020b). The greatest similarity in shell characters occurred in Sophina and Chalepotaxis, but their genitalia are obviously different. The distinctive characters between Aenigmatoconcha and Chalepotaxis have been reported (Tumpeesuwan &amp; Tumpeesuwan 2017; Sutcharit et al. 2020a). However, Tumpeesuwan and Tumpeesuwan (2017) did not report the presence of a “penial sheath” and a “flagellum” in A. clivicola (the type species). In fact, they stated that the absence of a penial sheath in Aenigmatoconcha is a diagnostic difference between Aenigmatoconcha and Chalepotaxis. Yet, in the present work, the four Aenigmatoconcha species clearly exhibited a well-developed penial sheath and flagellum. Hence, the only difference between Chalepotaxis and Aenigmatoconcha is the presence of a flagellum in the latter (Páll-Gergely et al. 2016). In addition to the genitalia without a dart apparatus, the presence of well-developed anterior and posterior left dorsal lobes is a significant character of Aenigmatoconcha, while Sophina has an undivided left dorsal lobe and a dart apparatus (Blanford &amp; Godwin-Austen 1908; Sutcharit et al. 2020a). However, information on the mantle lobe morphology of Chalepotaxis was not available for comparison.</p> <p>Among Southeast Asian helicarionoid genera with uniform and spatulate-shaped radula, Sophina is the only genus that a dart apparatus present in genitalia, but a flagellum absent. While genitalia of Aenigmatoconcha lack dart apparatus, but contain the flagellum, and genitalia of Chalepotaxis lack both organs. Generally, some characters of genital anatomy, such as a penial caecum, penial verge, dart apparatus, or flagellum, have been hypothesized to evolve repeatedly during the evolution of land snails, and have been noticed in many groups of terrestrial pulmonate snails (Solem 1966; Hausdorf 1998; Hyman &amp; Ponder 2010; Hirano et al. 2014; Köhler &amp; Criscione 2015; Köhler et al. 2020; Sutcharit et al. 2020a). However, the classification of these three genera based on the presence or absence of the dart apparatus and flagellum is consistent with the molecular phylogeny (Sutcharit et al. 2020a).</p> <p>From the East of Tenasserim Range to northeastern Thailand, three Aenigmatoconcha species occurred in a few limestone karsts, while only A. mitis occurs in many limestone karsts from central to western Thailand (Fig. 1). Aenigmatoconcha clivicola is confined to Loei Province, northeastern Thailand, while A. eunetis sp. nov. to Uthai Thani Province, central Thailand, and A. sumonthai to Chumphon Province, southern Thailand. The isolation explains the degree of endemism and the very high genetic divergence among sister lineages (9.7% to 12.0%) within Aenigmatoconcha. Regarding the West of Tenasserim Range, Sophina also reveals a high degree of endemism and localization with a pattern of one outcrop for one lineage in the Salween Basin, Southern Myanmar. These phenomena can be generally observed in karst-restricted animals because a very large number of ecological niches in karst ecosystems promote their evolutionary diversification and evolution of remarkably different lifestyles (Clements et al. 2006; Foon et al. 2017; Grismer et al. 2020; Sutcharit et al. 2020a). Therefore, our discovery enhances the understanding of karst biodiversity and supplements the information on terrestrial snails in Thailand available for efforts to establish well-planned and knowledge-based conservation procedures for Thai limestone protection in the future.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE8788A425FFA43889FCEAFC764665	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pholyotha, Arthit;Sutcharit, Chirasak;Tongkerd, Piyoros;Panha, Somsak	Pholyotha, Arthit, Sutcharit, Chirasak, Tongkerd, Piyoros, Panha, Somsak (2021): Systematic revision of the limestone karst-restricted land snail genus Aenigmatoconcha (Eupulmonata: Helicarionidae), with description of a new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 767: 55-82, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.767.1487, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.767.1487
