Fenouilia zihaozhaoi Xiang, He, Lu & Chen, 2025

Xiang, Hong Quan, Lu, Yi Zhi, He, Yue Ming, Li, Chong Ye, Gao, Han, Lv, Ang Song & Chen, Hui, 2025, Twenty-seven new species and four new genera of Gastropoda (Animalia: Mollusca) from plateau lake Quaternary sediments in Yunnan, southwestern China, Ecologica Montenegrina 84, pp. 48-71 : 62

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2025.84.6
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FCB98FB1-F97C-45AB-BFDF-E107D846C44D
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16960859
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/042F8A2D-210C-FFBF-A6AF-FEC3FE4D8AA8
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Fenouilia zihaozhaoi Xiang, He, Lu & Chen
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Fenouilia zihaozhaoi Xiang, He, Lu & Chen View in CoL , sp. nov.

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Material examined. Holotype: XHQ 24011801, shell height 10.0 mm, Haijing , Lake Fuxian, Yuxi City, Yunnan Province, China, 24°37′22″N, 102°51′32″E, January 2025, collected by Yue- Ming He, Hong-Quan Xiang and Chong-Ye Li ( Fig 1 View Figure 1 ). GoogleMaps

Paratypes: 2 specimens, XHQ 24011802-03, shell height 10.0– 10.2 mm, January 2025, locality and habitat same as holotype.

Diagnosis. Shell small, conical, orange, with six whorls, shell surface smooth, aperture ovate, inner lip and outer lip thickened.

Description. Shell small, but solid, conical, orange, with six whorls. Shell surface smooth. Apex obtuse. Umbilicus closed. Aperture ovate. inner lip and outer lip thickened and smooth.

Differential diagnosis. Compared with F. kreitneri , F. sinensis and F. undata , Fenouilia zihaozhaoi sp. nov. shell surface smooth, without keels and axial ribs.

Etymology. The name of this species is derived from the name of Mr. He’s friend, Zi-Hao Zhao. We suggest the Chinese common name as " ẗ氏AEḄDz ".

Distribution and ecology. This species is only found in the lake sediments of Lake Fuxian in Yuxi, Yunnan Province.