Bensonella pahpetensis ( Saurin, 1953 ), 2025

Bensonella pahpetensis ( Saurin, 1953) comb. nov.

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Boysidia pahpetensis Saurin, 1953: 116, fig. 2, pl. 4, fig. 5 a – c. View in CoL

Boysidia pahpetensis View in CoL — Inkhavilay et al. 2019: 59 View Cited Treatment , fig. 26 C; Inkhavilay and Sutcharit 2024: 442, fig. 2 A.

Type material examined.

Laos • 1 syntype; Pah Hia, Laos; collector unknown; MNHN -IM-2000-33880 .

Type locality.

“ environs du village méo de Pah Hia, à 100 kilomètres au Sud de Xieng-Khouang, chef-lieu de la province du Tran Ninh, Laos ” (probably refers to Ban Namthong, Longchaeng District, Xaisomboun Province, Laos, see Páll-Gergely et al. 2016).

Differential diagnosis.

This species is unique due to the presence of one concrescent barrier on the parietal side in combination with the palatal tubercle typical for the genus Bensonella .

Distribution.

This species in known only from the type locality.

Remarks.

Bensonella pahpetensis is not a typical representative of its genus due to the concrescent angular and parietal lamellae. However, we have placed it in this genus because of the presence of the palatal tubercle as well as the triangular-conical shell shape.