Friday, January 6, 2012

[Invertebrate • 2007] Phuphania globosa • A new genus and new species of dyakiid snail (Pulmonata: Dyakiidae) from Phu Phan Range, NE Thailand


Phuphania globosa

The generic name Phuphania derives from the Phu Phan Mountains, where the snails comes from. The specific name globosa is a Latin word which means "spherical" or "globose".




Tumpeesuwan, C., F. Naggs and S. Panha. 2007. A new genus and new species of dyakiid snail (Pulmonata: Dyakiidae) from the Phu Phan Range, Northeastern Thailand. Raffles Bull. Zool., 55 (2) : 363-369. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/55/55rbz363-369.pdf