A new species of Bothriembryon (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Bothriembryontidae) from south-eastern Western Australia

Corey S Whisson; Abraham S H Breure

doi:10.3897/zookeys.581.8044

A new species of Bothriembryon (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Bothriembryontidae) from south-eastern Western Australia

Zookeys. 2016 Apr 14:(581):127-40. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.581.8044. eCollection 2016.

Authors

Corey S Whisson¹, Abraham S H Breure²

Affiliations

¹ Western Australian Museum, Locked Bag 49, Welshpool, WA 6106, Australia; School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia.
² Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands; Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29, Brussels, Belgium.

Abstract

Bothriembryon sophiarum sp. n. is described, based on shell and anatomical morphology, from the coastal area of south-easternmost Western Australia. This is the first description of a new extant Australian bothriembryontid in 33 years. The shell of Bothriembryon sophiarum is slender with a unique teleoconch sculpture. It is found in low coastal scrub on cliff edges and escarpments and because of its restricted distribution, qualifies as a short range endemic.

Keywords: Orthalicoidea; Western Australia; anatomy; ecology; micro-CT.