Revision of the carnivorous land snail family Streptaxidae (Stylommatophora, Achatinina) in Myanmar, with description of four new species.

ABSTRACT: The carnivorous terrestrial snail family Streptaxidae, recognized by having a regular to eccentric shell with complex apertural dentition, remains little-known and largely unexplored in Myanmar. This article presents historically recorded species and provides new data on this family. A total of eighteen species in five genera, namely Carinartemis, Discartemon, Haploptychius, Oophana, and Perrottetia from the southeastern and eastern parts of Myanmar, is examined herein. Among these, Haploptychius is the most diverse with eight species, while the remaining genera are comprised of fewer than five species each. Streptaxisbirmanica and Streptaxisblanfordianus are herein synonymized with Haploptychiusblanfordi, while Streptaxisha

SUBMITTER: Sian Man N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9848723 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature