Table 3. Differences between L. carinifera, L. christinae, L in A review of the genus Laeocathaica Moellendorff, 1899 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Camaenidae)

Table 3. Differences between L. carinifera, L. christinae, L. filippina, and L. minwui sp. nov. SpeciesDorsal surfaceKeel on body whorlAperture (palatal part)Colour of dorsal sideVentral sideL. cariniferadomedacute, in the middle of body whorlroundedlighter and darker brownish patches alternate rather abruptly resulting in a mosaic-like structureumbilicus narrow, colour pale, or light and darker stripes alternateL. christinaenearly flat/ slightly domedblunt to acute, upper part of body whorlroundedsame as in Laeocathaica carinifera, just brown colour darker and there is usually a brown and a white spiral bandumbilicus wider, mostly white with slender darker radial stripes and dark dotsL. filippinadomedacute, upper part of body whorlnotchedpaler than Laeocathaica carinifera and Laeocathaica christinae, light and brown patches alternate smoothlyumbilicus wider, similar to Laeocathaica minwui sp. nov., but paler and less nicely marmoratedL. minwui sp. nov.domedacute, upper part of body whorlroundedmostly cream/latte-coloured, lighter and darker patches alternate smoothlyumbilicus wider, latte and white spiral bands form a marmorated pattern