Pulchraptyx, MINATO, 1981

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SUBGENUS PULCHRAPTYX MINATO, 1981

Type species: Clausilia longiplicata Pilsbry, 1908

Diagnosis: Shell small, slender. Sutural plica absent. Lunella oblique, short, separated from the upper palatal plica. Upper palatal plica very long, extended near the aperture. Lower palatal plica absent. Distribution endemic to Tokashiki Islands in the central Ryukyus.

Morphology: Apex pointed. Superior lamella developed. Inferior lamella receded. Plicae and clausilium located laterally. Middle palatal plica(e) absent. Clausilium narrow. Diverticulum of bursa copulatrix developed. See also Diagnosis.