On the occurrence of Theobaldius(?) tristis (Blanford, 1869) (Caenogastropoda: Cyclophoridae) in the northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India

• Main Authors: Amrut R. Bhosale, Tejas S. Patil, Rupesh B. Yadav, Dipak V. Muley
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society 2016-06-01
• Series: Journal of Threatened Taxa
• Subjects: Theobaldius(?) tristis; Occurrence; Western Ghats; Kolhapur
• Online Access: http://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/2357
• ISSN: 0974-7893; 0974-7907

<p><em>Theobaldius</em>(?)<em> tristis</em> is the land operculate snail earlier localized from South Kanara and Tinnevelly i.e. central and Southern Western Ghats according to the previous scientific literature. Occurrence of the <em>T. tristis</em> is reported first time from Kolhapur District, southern Maharashtra and thus includes the distribution into the northern Western Ghats. The observations of the present study are discussed in the lite of distribution of snail in this region, shell and operculum characters of <em>T. tristis</em>.</p>