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Dextral, small sized, thin but solid, semi-translucent, lustrous, globular. Whorls 6 on average, with conical spire. Shell light yellow or white in color, with some dense and well-developed growth lines. Spiral lines on body whorl weak. Apex sharp. Suture deep. Last whorl constricted, expanded towards the base, convex, comprising about 3/4 of shell high. Aperture elliptical. Peristome reflected, with white, thickened callus inside. Inner lip and columellar lip reflected, partly covering umbilicus. Umbilicus narrow, deep.
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Pei Wang, Qiong Xiao, Wei-Chuan Zhou, Chung-Chi Hwang
bibliographic citation
Wang P, Xiao Q, Zhou W, Hwang C (2014) Revision of three camaenid and one bradybaenid species (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora) from China based on morphological and molecular data, with description of a new bradybaenid subspecies from Inner Mongolia, China ZooKeys 372: 1–16
author
Pei Wang
author
Qiong Xiao
author
Wei-Chuan Zhou
author
Chung-Chi Hwang
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