Dear all
A small correction on this message from John. The last Hemiplecta described was in 2006: Hemiplecta esculenta Maassen.
Further new, quite recent described, species were Hemiplecta goliath and obliqueundulata, both described in 1959 by Van Benthem Jutting.
References:
Van Benthem Jutting, T,, 1959. Catalogue of the non-marine Mollusca of Sumatra and of its satellite islands. Beaufortia 7: 41-191
Maassen, W.J.M. 2006. Four new species of terrestrial gastropods from Tonkin, North Vietnam (Gastropoda, Diplommatinidae, Strobilopsidae and Ariophantidae). Basteria 70: 13-18
Regards, Wim Maassen
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Van: Conchologists List namens john abba
Verzonden: ma 31-8-2009 11:24
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Onderwerp: [CONCH-L] Hemiplecta abbasi
Hello Everybody, We're in the 21st century, space age, man's walked on the moon, and explorations planned for Mar's. Not everyday, that a new Hemiplecta's, been discovered.
Refering, to the " Prelimenary Check List on Terrestrial Molluscs of Sulawasi, Indonesia, 1997 " and " A Preliminary Checklist of the non-Marine Molluscus of West Malaysia, 2001 ", the last Hemiplecta discribed was Hemiplecta wichmanni fuscominuta Bollinger, in 1918, some 91 years ago.
I do go on hike's, looking for snails, but I don't go looking for new species..Just keep bumping in them though. Any nomal Malacologist / collector could have found these.
So guys, from the Indonesian Island of Sumatra, MEET
Hemiplecta abbasi W.J.M. Maassen, 2009
http://www.shelltistic.com/images/Land%20Snails/Pic1251605331.jpg
http://www.shelltistic.com/images/Land%20Snails/Pic1251605396.jpg
Guess its " FAIR ", that I " THANK " the author concerned, for this one.. Note : Key word used " Fair ". Anyone wishing to have a copy of the discription, drop me a line, in private, titled " Hemiplecta ".
Cheer's... JOHN
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