Laocaia simovi Dedov & Schneppat, 2019

Dedov, Ivailo, Manh Vu, Quang & Trieu Anh, Tuan, 2025, Slugs and semi-slugs of the superfamily Helicarionoidea (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora) collected in North Vietnam during the 2023 Bulgarian Zoological Expedition, with emphasis on the genus Ostracolethe, ZooKeys 1249, pp. 317-338 : 317-338

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1249.155684

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3CDB6B9C-51CA-494F-B4AE-55A0D1D23462

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16942516

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FF913265-5D66-505C-9634-C179552C90E7

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scientific name

Laocaia simovi Dedov & Schneppat, 2019
status

 

Laocaia simovi Dedov & Schneppat, 2019 View in CoL

Figs 13 C, D View Figure 13 , 14 B 1–14 View Figure 14 , 3 View Figure 3

Laocaia simovi View in CoL : Dedov and Schneppat 2019, p. 22 View Cited Treatment –29.

Material examined.

Vietnam • 1 adult, 1 juvenile; Lào Cai Province, Sa Pa district, Fansipan peak , bamboo forest below the peak; 22.3046°N, 103.7759°E; 3040 m alt.; 24 Oct. 2023; I. Dedov, N. Simov, R. Bekchiev, M. Langurov leg.; IBER-BAS 40619-1 GoogleMaps .

Remarks.

We found color morph of L. simovi (Fig. 13 D View Figure 13 ) in 2023 that is more yellowish than the type specimens (Fig. 13 C View Figure 13 ). The 2023 specimens were found very close to the species’ type locality (Fig. 14 B View Figure 14 ). For more details on the species, see Dedov et al. (2019).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

SubClass

Heterobranchia

InfraClass

Euthyneura

ParvClass

Tectipleura

SuperOrder

Eupulmonata

Order

Stylommatophora

SubOrder

Helicina

InfraOrder

Limacoidei

SuperFamily

Helicarionoidea

Family

Helicarionidae

SubFamily

Helicarioninae

Genus

Laocaia

Loc

Laocaia simovi Dedov & Schneppat, 2019

Dedov, Ivailo, Manh Vu, Quang & Trieu Anh, Tuan 2025
2025