Description
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Shell. Shell flattened, white and semi-transparent; whorls 5½–6, spire flattened with a distinct suture. Shell surface glossy with transverse ridges that diminish below periphery; varices present. Embryonic shell large, about 2–2½ whorls, with a smooth surface; following whorls regularly coiled. Last whorl angular, intermediately expanded; umbilicus very wide, deep and showing all preceding whorls. Aperture semi-ovate with narrow sinulus; peristome discontinuous, thin and widely expanded. Apertural dentition of only one parietal lamella (Fig. 5G).
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- Thanit Siriboon, Chirasak Sutcharit, Fred Naggs, Ben Rowson, Somsak Panha
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- Siriboon T, Sutcharit C, Naggs F, Rowson B, Panha S (2014) Revision of the carnivorous snail genus Discartemon Pfeiffer, 1856, with description of twelve new species (Pulmonata, Streptaxidae) ZooKeys 401: 45–107
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- Thanit Siriboon
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- Chirasak Sutcharit
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- Fred Naggs
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- Ben Rowson
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- Somsak Panha
Distribution
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The species is known only from the type locality and extensive searching revealed no living examples.
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- Thanit Siriboon, Chirasak Sutcharit, Fred Naggs, Ben Rowson, Somsak Panha
- bibliographic citation
- Siriboon T, Sutcharit C, Naggs F, Rowson B, Panha S (2014) Revision of the carnivorous snail genus Discartemon Pfeiffer, 1856, with description of twelve new species (Pulmonata, Streptaxidae) ZooKeys 401: 45–107
- author
- Thanit Siriboon
- author
- Chirasak Sutcharit
- author
- Fred Naggs
- author
- Ben Rowson
- author
- Somsak Panha