Plagiodontes
New taxa (18): Plagiodontes
24-08-2009 07:20
Plagiodontes
is a genus belonging to the family Orthalicidae,
subfamily Odontostomidae. The seven species currently
recognized occur in three disjunct area in Argentina
and Uruguay. Recently Pizá & Cazzaniga revised
part of the genus and described a new species from
Argentina, Prov. Catamarca, Cuesta de la
Chilca:
P.
weyrauchi
sp.n. (holotype MACN-In 37465).
Their paper describes very nice and in detail the anatomy of the taxon and compares it with known data of other small Plagiodontes species. Since the shells are very similar, a morphometric analysis is provided, showing the differences.
I’m sure this paper will act as a cornerstone for future publications on this group and it contains very useful anatomical data. Proficiat to the authors!
Reference:
Pizá, J. & Cazzaniga, N., 2009. A new species of Plagiodontes from Argentina, and new data on the anatomy of four other species in the genus (Gastropoda: Orthalicidae: Odontostominae). - Journal of Natural History 43: 1437-1471.
Their paper describes very nice and in detail the anatomy of the taxon and compares it with known data of other small Plagiodontes species. Since the shells are very similar, a morphometric analysis is provided, showing the differences.
I’m sure this paper will act as a cornerstone for future publications on this group and it contains very useful anatomical data. Proficiat to the authors!
Reference:
Pizá, J. & Cazzaniga, N., 2009. A new species of Plagiodontes from Argentina, and new data on the anatomy of four other species in the genus (Gastropoda: Orthalicidae: Odontostominae). - Journal of Natural History 43: 1437-1471.
Photo of the day (22): Plagiodontes
18-10-2008 09:19
This one happened to creep on my way as a blogger.
More details later, but this is a (new) species of
Plagiodontes from western Argentina. These beautiful
creature had his bad luck day, because after being
photographed he was put in boiling water. Ough! Never
do that to snails. Not only it destroys DNA, you
won’t get the first prize from the Animal Rights
Movement either... Besides, it’s too old fashioned
:-)
All joking aside, this photo shows how curious snails are. See it’s little eyes inspecting the world. Little could it know that the malacologist would inspect and dissect it. Only a small sacrifice for the advancement of science.
All joking aside, this photo shows how curious snails are. See it’s little eyes inspecting the world. Little could it know that the malacologist would inspect and dissect it. Only a small sacrifice for the advancement of science.