taxonID	type	description	language	source
CF317D83B19E500FA2E48E481041426B.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Shell tiny, compact and less elongate than the type species, Laoennea carychioides, conical-ovate with fewer whorls. Penultimate whorl inflated above the narrower last whorl. Parietal lamella protrudes slightly beyond peristome margin, long, continuing deep into shell. Sinulus in line (on the same plane) with entire peristome and not shifted laterally.	en	Jochum 1,2,3, Adrienne, Bochud 1,2, Estee, Favre 3, Adrien, Ferrand 4, Marina, Wackenheim 5,6, Quentin (2020): A new species of Laoennea microsnail (Stylommatophora, Diapheridae) from a cave in Laos. Subterranean Biology 36: 1-9, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.36.58977, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.36.58977
CF317D83B19E500FA2E48E481041426B.taxon	description	Description. Shell tiny, apical part of the shell dome-shaped, shell white and transparent when fresh, compact with inflated penultimate whorl bulging above the narrower last whorl, shell bears 5 convex whorls separated by a deep suture and a thin white band directly below at the transition of each new whorl; protoconch not clearly discernable. Entire shell glossy, finely pitted, teleoconch streaked by occasional, uneven growth lines. Thin, widely spaced ribs behind peristome extend 1 / 6 the surface of the last whorl and overlap radial striations of varying thickness embedded within the shell matrix of the last whorl. Aperture heart-shaped, reinforced by thick callus; parietal shield extends to over half the height of the preceding whorl. Apertural dentition three-fold with the parietal lamella and the upper palatal tooth well-formed but not swollen, together forming a round sinulus. Upper columellar side of the aperture shows slight angularity and a low, weak columellar denticle close to peristome. Sinulus opening not shifted laterally but on the same plane as the rest of the aperture. Parietal lamella slender, twisting slightly to the right at the front of the aperture, directed towards the opposing palatal denticle. The parietal lamella forms a smooth ridge which narrows as it continues deep into the shell. Peristome expanded and slightly reflected; umbilicus slit-like, straight columella visible through transparent shell.	en	Jochum 1,2,3, Adrienne, Bochud 1,2, Estee, Favre 3, Adrien, Ferrand 4, Marina, Wackenheim 5,6, Quentin (2020): A new species of Laoennea microsnail (Stylommatophora, Diapheridae) from a cave in Laos. Subterranean Biology 36: 1-9, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.36.58977, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.36.58977
CF317D83B19E500FA2E48E481041426B.taxon	etymology	Etymology. This species is dedicated to the French speleologist, Louis Renouard, who is a cave and karst specialist of central and northern Laos and who significantly contributed in the discovery, exploration and mapping of the two caves from which both Laoennea species derive.	en	Jochum 1,2,3, Adrienne, Bochud 1,2, Estee, Favre 3, Adrien, Ferrand 4, Marina, Wackenheim 5,6, Quentin (2020): A new species of Laoennea microsnail (Stylommatophora, Diapheridae) from a cave in Laos. Subterranean Biology 36: 1-9, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.36.58977, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.36.58977
CF317D83B19E500FA2E48E481041426B.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Known only from the type locality, Tham Houey Ye ̀ cave.	en	Jochum 1,2,3, Adrienne, Bochud 1,2, Estee, Favre 3, Adrien, Ferrand 4, Marina, Wackenheim 5,6, Quentin (2020): A new species of Laoennea microsnail (Stylommatophora, Diapheridae) from a cave in Laos. Subterranean Biology 36: 1-9, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.36.58977, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.36.58977
CF317D83B19E500FA2E48E481041426B.taxon	conservation	Conservation. Subterranean snails have a low tolerance to pollution and habitat disturbance. Tham Houey Ye is situated very close to a long-time popular tourist cave, Tham Pha Leusi (18 ° 56 ' 06 " N, 102 ° 25 ' 27 " E, 250 m a. s. l.) (Fig. 3 A). The year after its discovery in 2000, Tham Houey Ye was opened for tourism. Direct tourist activity fortunately ceased a few years later due to the inconvenient necessity of having to crawl into the narrow opening of the cave (Fig. 3 D). The proximity of these two caves, and the sharing of the wear and tear impact associated with tourism in addition to potentially polluted allogenic runoff draining into their karst cavities, would very probably threaten Laoennea renouardi sp. nov. as well as other subterranean fauna. It is paramount that conscientious regulation of tourism and water management schemes guard against this potential threat.	en	Jochum 1,2,3, Adrienne, Bochud 1,2, Estee, Favre 3, Adrien, Ferrand 4, Marina, Wackenheim 5,6, Quentin (2020): A new species of Laoennea microsnail (Stylommatophora, Diapheridae) from a cave in Laos. Subterranean Biology 36: 1-9, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.36.58977, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.36.58977
