A new Diancta species of the family Diplommatinidae (Cyclophoroidea) from Vanua Levu Island, Fiji

Estée Bochud; David Haberthür; Ruslan Hlushchuk; Eike Neubert

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1073.73241

A new Diancta species of the family Diplommatinidae (Cyclophoroidea) from Vanua Levu Island, Fiji

Zookeys. 2021 Nov 29:1073:1-12. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1073.73241. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Estée Bochud^{1

2}, David Haberthür³, Ruslan Hlushchuk³, Eike Neubert^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Natural History Museum of the Burgergemeinde Bern, Bernastrasse 15, CH-3005 Bern, Switzerland.
² Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, Baltzerstrasse 6, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland.
³ Institute of Anatomy, University of Bern, Baltzerstrasse 2, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland.

Abstract

A new species of Diancta of the staircase snail family Diplommatinidae is described from Mt. Savusavu, Vanua Levu Island, Fiji. Due to its left coiling shell and a constriction before the last whorl, it is placed in the genus Diancta. Micro-CT imaging reveals two apertural teeth and an inner lamella that is situated at the zone of constriction. The shell abruptly changes coiling direction by 45 degrees before the last whorl. Up to now, this coiling modus had not yet been documented for any species of Diplommatinidae from the Fiji Islands.

Keywords: Diancta; Diplommatinidae; Fiji; Oceania; new species; terrestrial malacology.

Estée Bochud, David Haberthür, Ruslan Hlushchuk, Eike Neubert.