Darwininitium shiwalikianum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Helicoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Superphylum: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Gastropoda Subclassis: Heterobranchia Infraclassis: Euthyneura Cohors: Tectipleura Subcohors: Panpulmonata Superordo: Eupulmonata Ordo: Stylommatophora Subordo: Helicina Infraordo: Helicoidei Superfamilia: Helicoidea

Familia: Camaenidae
Genus: Darwininitium
Species: Darwininitium shiwalikianum

Name

• Darwininitium shiwalikianum Budha & Mordan, 2012

Holotype: CDZTU0114.

Type locality: Kasara near Tamor Lake, Chitwan National Park, Central Nepal, ca 210 m. 27°61'10"N, 85°20'05"E, sal (Shorea robusta) forest, leg P.B. Budha 5 May 2008.

Etymology: The species name derives from the Lesser Himalaya Shiwalik range, from where it was reported.

References

• Budha, P.B., Mordan, P.B., Naggs, F. & Backeljau, T. 2012. Darwininitium – a new fully pseudosigmurethrous orthurethran genus from Nepal (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Cerastidae). ZooKeys 175: 19–26. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.175.2755 .