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Bakyietaia luikongi Y.-H. Yen, L.-J. Zhang & von Rintelen, 2025

1825829  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1825829)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Zhang, L.-J.; Yen, Y.-H.; Chen, Z.-Y.; Du, L.-N.; Ng, T. H.; Von Rintelen, T. (2025). A new genus of river snails, <i>Bakyietaia</i> (Mollusca, Viviparidae), from South China and the Indochinese Peninsula. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 1005: 1-64., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.1005.2985
page(s): 47, figs 30-31 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Type locality contained in Guangdong  
type locality contained in Guangdong [details]
Distribution Only known from mud and rock substrate in the shallow water of ponds in Leizhou Peninsula, Guangdong Province, China.  
Distribution Only known from mud and rock substrate in the shallow water of ponds in Leizhou Peninsula, Guangdong Province, China. [details]

Etymology Named after ‘Lui Kong’, the god of thunder in the local Min Nan Chinese dialect, popular in the folklore of Leizhou...  
Etymology Named after ‘Lui Kong’, the god of thunder in the local Min Nan Chinese dialect, popular in the folklore of Leizhou County which includes the type locality of this species. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bakyietaia luikongi Y.-H. Yen, L.-J. Zhang & von Rintelen, 2025. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1825829 on 2025-09-11
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2025-08-02 23:58:28Z
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2025-08-04 04:34:27Z
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original description Zhang, L.-J.; Yen, Y.-H.; Chen, Z.-Y.; Du, L.-N.; Ng, T. H.; Von Rintelen, T. (2025). A new genus of river snails, <i>Bakyietaia</i> (Mollusca, Viviparidae), from South China and the Indochinese Peninsula. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 1005: 1-64., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.1005.2985
page(s): 47, figs 30-31 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Distribution Only known from mud and rock substrate in the shallow water of ponds in Leizhou Peninsula, Guangdong Province, China. [details]

Etymology Named after ‘Lui Kong’, the god of thunder in the local Min Nan Chinese dialect, popular in the folklore of Leizhou County which includes the type locality of this species. [details]
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