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The Enidae of Timor (Stylommatophora: Orthurethra).

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Title:	The Enidae of Timor (Stylommatophora: Orthurethra).
Authors:	Köhler, Frank¹, Criscione, Francesco¹, Burghardt, Ingo¹, Kessner, Vince¹
Source:	Molluscan Research. Feb2017, Vol. 37 Issue 1, p8-16. 9p.
Abstract:	The systematic classification of the Enidae of Timor is reviewed by means of comparative morphology and molecular phylogenetics using recently collected land snail samples from Timor-Leste (‘East Timor’). Features of the renal and genital anatomy as well as analyses of nuclear 28S rRNA sequences confirm the placement of the species in the Enidae. Generic combinations employed by earlier authors are discussed. The nameCoccodermaMöllendorff, 1901 used for enids from the Indo-Australian Archipelago is pre-occupied byCoccodermaZittel, 1887 and therefore not available. The assignment of species from Timor toPseudonapaeusWesterlund, 1887, which is otherwise known from central Asia, is also rejected. Instead, the Enidae from Timor are here affiliated withApoecusKobelt, 1902, a name originally introduced for the Papuan speciesBuliminus colonusMöllendorff, 1895. WhileApoecussamples from Timor-Leste form three distinct mitochondrial clades, only two groups can be reliably distinguished by their morphology. One of these groups represents the previously named speciesApoecus apertus(Martens, 1863). This species is found throughout lowland Timor occurring at altitudes of up to 600 m. The second species has been found in the Ramelau Mountains at altitudes above 1300 m, and is described asApoecus ramelauensisn. sp. http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3A8781B6-6EAC-4C58-8DB3-63741B03B43C [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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Abstract:	The systematic classification of the Enidae of Timor is reviewed by means of comparative morphology and molecular phylogenetics using recently collected land snail samples from Timor-Leste (‘East Timor’). Features of the renal and genital anatomy as well as analyses of nuclear 28S rRNA sequences confirm the placement of the species in the Enidae. Generic combinations employed by earlier authors are discussed. The nameCoccodermaMöllendorff, 1901 used for enids from the Indo-Australian Archipelago is pre-occupied byCoccodermaZittel, 1887 and therefore not available. The assignment of species from Timor toPseudonapaeusWesterlund, 1887, which is otherwise known from central Asia, is also rejected. Instead, the Enidae from Timor are here affiliated withApoecusKobelt, 1902, a name originally introduced for the Papuan speciesBuliminus colonusMöllendorff, 1895. WhileApoecussamples from Timor-Leste form three distinct mitochondrial clades, only two groups can be reliably distinguished by their morphology. One of these groups represents the previously named speciesApoecus apertus(Martens, 1863). This species is found throughout lowland Timor occurring at altitudes of up to 600 m. The second species has been found in the Ramelau Mountains at altitudes above 1300 m, and is described asApoecus ramelauensisn. sp. http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3A8781B6-6EAC-4C58-8DB3-63741B03B43C [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
ISSN:	13235818
DOI:	10.1080/13235818.2016.1200959