Rediscovery and Redescription of Snail Pupoides karachiensis Peile, 1929 (Gastropoda: Pupillidae) with Notes on P. coenopictus (Hutton, 1834) from the Karachi Tidal Marsh
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Pulmonata, PakistanAbstract
Pupoides karachiensis Peile, 1929 was described from beach sand taken from near Karachi (then British India, now Pakistan). To our knowledge this species has not been reported in the scientific literature for 92 years. During an ecological survey of intertidal mud flat of Korangi Creek, Karachi, we found specimens of P. karachiensis associated with P. coenopictus (T. Hutton, 1834). This is the first subsequent record of P. karachiensis since Pilsbry (1931) and we take the opportunity to redescribe the species and include notes on P. coenopictus. Shell measurements and the distributions of shells collected during the ecological study on the mud flat are also given.
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