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New species of land snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda and Pulmonata) of the Mekong Delta Limestone Hills (Cambodia, Vietnam)
 
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JK Art and Science, Leiden, The Netherlands
 
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Southern Institute of Ecology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology
 
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Cambodian Entomology Initiatives, Royal University of Phnom Penh
 
 
Submission date: 2018-11-29
 
 
Final revision date: 2018-12-12
 
 
Acceptance date: 2018-12-21
 
 
Publication date: 2019-02-11
 
 
Corresponding author
Jaap J. Vermeulen   

JK Art and Science, Lauwerbes 8, 2318 AT Leiden, The Netherlands
 
 
Folia Malacol. 2019;27(1):7-41
 
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Twenty-two new species of land snails are described from limestone hills on the west flank of the Mekong river delta, in Cambodia and Vietnam. The species belong to the families Assimineidae, Cyclophoridae, Diplommatinidae, Ariophantidae, Helicarionidae, Streptaxidae and Vertiginidae.
 
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