Author Identifier (ORCID)
Choki Gyeltshen: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6790-6278
Abstract
Samples of the ariophantid genera Oxytesta, Bensonies, Himalodiscus, Ariophanta, Khasiella, and Sesara collected in Bhutan are treated. For all species distributional data for the kingdom are summarized on maps. Shells are described and figured on the basis of specimens from Bhutan, with radulae and genital tracts whenever possible. Six Oxytesta species are dealt with, 3 of which new to science, viz. O. delicata E. Gittenberger & Sherub, O. dubitata E. Gittenberger & Kezang Tobgay, and O. lhuentsensis E. Gittenberger & Sherub. Five Bensonies species are recognized, one of which could not be identified and 4 are described as new, viz. B. bhudepressa E. Gittenberger & Kezang Tobgay, B. bhutanensis E. Gittenberger, Kezang Tobgay & Choki Gyeltshen, B. minorcamura E. Gittenberger & Sherub, and B. tshelingor E. Gittenberger & Sherub. Himalodiscus cf. echinatus is reported from outside Nepal. New records for Ariophanta himalana determine its northernmost distributional boundary in Bhutan. Five Khasiella species are described, 3 of which as new, viz. K. falcatoides E. Gittenberger & Kezang Tobgay, K. biconica E. Gittenberger, Choki Gyeltshen & Kezang Tobgay, and K. lenticularis E. Gittenberger, Choki Gyeltshen & Nima Gyeltshen. The widespread Sesara diplodon is reported for also Bhutan.
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of Publication
2025
Volume
89
Issue
2
Publication Title
Basteria
Publisher
Netherlands Malacological Society
School
School of Science
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License
First Page
273
Last Page
301
Comments
Gittenberger, E., Sherub, Gyeltshen, C., Dorji, N., & Tobgay, K. (2025). Six genera of Ariophantidae from Bhutan (Gastropoda, Eupulmonata, Helicarionoidea). Basteria, 89(2), 273–301.