Hwang Chung-Chi, Wu Shu-Ping
Department of Life Sciences, National University of Kaohsiung, No.700, Kaohsiung University Road, Nan-Tzu District, Kaohsiung 81148, Taiwan National University of Kaohsiung Kaohsiung Taiwan.
Department of Earth and Life Sciences, University of Taipei, No.1, Ai-Guo West Road, Taipei 10048, Taiwan University of Taipei Taipei Taiwan.
Zookeys. 2018 Nov 8(795):115-126. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.795.28958. eCollection 2018.
Two new sinistral species of the genus A. Adams, 1868, and , from southern Taiwan are described. is characterized by a microsculpture comprising coarse, irregularly-spaced ridges and dense, easily-dislodged triangular scales on its sinistral shell, an angulated periphery, and partly-opened umbilicus. This species inhabits secondary forests in lowland hills. is characterized by a thin, fragile smooth shell with microsculpture of coarse, loose ridges, a rounded periphery, completely-opened umbilicus, and elongated penial verge formed by two main pilasters. This new species was collected in a mountainous, mid-elevation, broad-leafed forest.