Diplommatina animula Godwin-Austen 1892

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12Diplommatina animulaGodwin-Austen, 1892 Fig. 15 F Diplommatina animula Godwin-Austin, 1892: 516, 517. Type locality: Prowi, Lahupa Naga Hills, Munipur. Godwin-Austin 1897: 12, 13 pl. 66, fig. 2. Gude 1921: 345. Diplommatina (Sinica) animula — Kobelt and Möllendorff 1898: 139. Kobelt 1902: 455. Type material examined. India • Syntype. NHMUK 1903.7.1.2164 (1 shell; Fig. 15 F) from Prowi, Lahupa, Naga Hills (figured in Godwin-Austen 1897: pl. 66, fig. 2); Godwin-Austen coll. Diagnosis. Shell dextral, ovate-fusiform, translucent, whitish. Whorls ~ 5, rounded; spire depressed conical; suture wide, deep. Teleoconch with densely placed, equally spaced, strong radial ribs throughout. Last three whorls nearly equal in width; penultimate whorl slightly wider than others. Aperture rounded; columellaris weak, indistinct. Peristome expanded, double, multi-layered; outer peristome expanded beyond inner peristome. Columella straight, with sinulus below. Umbilicus narrowly open. Distribution. This species was previously known only from its type locality in Prowi, Lahupa-Naga Hills, Manipur State, India. The record from Myanmar does not provide a precise locality (Gude 1921).

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This record has an Impact Signal of 70/100 based on recency, source, collaboration, and bibliographic signals. It prioritizes monitoring and is not a judgment of research quality.

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