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Fauna Sinica Invertebrata (Vol.37) Mollusca Gastropoda Stylommatophora
Bradybaenidae
中国动物志 无脊椎动物 第三十七卷 软体动物门 腹足纲 巴蜗牛科 In Chinese with English Abstract
By Chen Deniu
Published in 2004
Page: 482 pages + 8 plates
Size: 185x260mm, hardback
Price: US$55
The present volume deals with a faunal work of the living land gastropods
collected from Chinese land. A total of 200 species and subspecies are
described, which belonging to 31 genera and subgenera in one family. Among
them, 12 species are discovered and described as new to science.
The volume is divided into two parts: a comprehensive survey and a systematic
description. In part one, the author outlines the historical review, morphology,
systematics, chorology, biology and the importance of land gastropods.
In part two, the author presents a full account of morphological features,
biological characteristics, geographical distribution and economic use
of species. The scientific names of a few species are discussed and revised,
and the keys to all taxonomic categories are given. Moreover, the author
sums up the main research of Bradybaenidae that published in China, and
adds on new biological data to the important economic species.
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