A new species of <i>Miraphaedusa</i> Nordsieck, 2005 (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Clausiliidae) from Guizhou, China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The genus Miraphaedusa Nordsieck, 2005 is a group of medium to large clausiliid land snails endemic to Guangxi and Guizhou Provinces of China and consists of three species. It is characterised by a slender to fusiform shell with thick apical part, strongly doubled peristome and several short palatal plicae.

New information

A new species, Miraphaedusa xihuashida Chen sp. nov., is described from Tongren, Guizhou, China. It is characterised by the fusiform shell with 10.5-12.25 whorls and 24.7-27.5 mm shell height, thick, expanded, reflexed and strongly doubled peristome, weak inferior and subcolumellar lamella and short, lateral palatal plicae.

SUBMITTER: Chen ZG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12514448 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature