taxonID	type	format	identifier	references	title	description	created	creator	contributor	publisher	audience	source	license	rightsHolder	datasetID
BD3487C7431BFFD1313030845BD9FDD9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/15098068/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15098068	Figure 3. Types of Helicostoa sinensis E. Lamy, 1926. (a) The stone bearing specimens; lectotype MNHN-IM-2000-33309 is in the red frame. (b) The stone bearing specimens; MNHN-IM-2000-38620 (credit: MNHN-Manuel Caballer 2017). (c–d) Details of MNHN-IM-2000-33309, lectotype. (e) A paralectotypes showing the details of seam under the opening. (f) An open-coiled paralectotype. (g) The base of a peeled paralectotype showing the sessile part. (h) The side view of a paralectotype showing the flat base. (i) Operculum, left is exterior surface and right is interior surface. (j–k) paralectotypes in situ on rock. (l) Juveniles showing the protoconch. (a) Scale bar 5 cm; (c–h) scale bars 5 mm; (i) scale bar 1 mm; (l) scale bar 1 mm.	Figure 3. Types of Helicostoa sinensis E. Lamy, 1926. (a) The stone bearing specimens; lectotype MNHN-IM-2000-33309 is in the red frame. (b) The stone bearing specimens; MNHN-IM-2000-38620 (credit: MNHN-Manuel Caballer 2017). (c–d) Details of MNHN-IM-2000-33309, lectotype. (e) A paralectotypes showing the details of seam under the opening. (f) An open-coiled paralectotype. (g) The base of a peeled paralectotype showing the sessile part. (h) The side view of a paralectotype showing the flat base. (i) Operculum, left is exterior surface and right is interior surface. (j–k) paralectotypes in situ on rock. (l) Juveniles showing the protoconch. (a) Scale bar 5 cm; (c–h) scale bars 5 mm; (i) scale bar 1 mm; (l) scale bar 1 mm.	2024-01-10	Zhang, Le-Jia;Shi, Zi-Ang;Chen, Zhe-Yu;von Rintelen, Thomas;Zhang, Wei;Lou, Zheng-Jie		Zenodo	biologists	Zhang, Le-Jia;Shi, Zi-Ang;Chen, Zhe-Yu;von Rintelen, Thomas;Zhang, Wei;Lou, Zheng-Jie			
BD3487C7431DFFD232C234045808F793.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/15098070/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15098070	Figure 4. Shell of Helicostoa liuae sp. nov. (a–f) Holotype, IZCAS-FG-609823, adult female, with same scale bar 2 mm. (g–l) Allotype, IZCAS-FG-609824, adult male, with same scale bar 2 mm. (m–o) Paratypes in situ, MNHN-IM-2000-38622, adult females, (m) showing the coexisting of two Helicostoa species on one rock.	Figure 4. Shell of Helicostoa liuae sp. nov. (a–f) Holotype, IZCAS-FG-609823, adult female, with same scale bar 2 mm. (g–l) Allotype, IZCAS-FG-609824, adult male, with same scale bar 2 mm. (m–o) Paratypes in situ, MNHN-IM-2000-38622, adult females, (m) showing the coexisting of two Helicostoa species on one rock.	2024-01-10	Zhang, Le-Jia;Shi, Zi-Ang;Chen, Zhe-Yu;von Rintelen, Thomas;Zhang, Wei;Lou, Zheng-Jie		Zenodo	biologists	Zhang, Le-Jia;Shi, Zi-Ang;Chen, Zhe-Yu;von Rintelen, Thomas;Zhang, Wei;Lou, Zheng-Jie			
BD3487C7431DFFD232C234045808F793.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/15098066/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15098066	Figure 2. The BI tree showing the phylogenetic position of genus Helicostoa within Bithyniidae based on concatenated sequences of cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) and 16S rDNA. Numbers above branches are BI posterior probabilities/ML bootstrap values.	Figure 2. The BI tree showing the phylogenetic position of genus Helicostoa within Bithyniidae based on concatenated sequences of cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) and 16S rDNA. Numbers above branches are BI posterior probabilities/ML bootstrap values.	2024-01-10	Zhang, Le-Jia;Shi, Zi-Ang;Chen, Zhe-Yu;von Rintelen, Thomas;Zhang, Wei;Lou, Zheng-Jie		Zenodo	biologists	Zhang, Le-Jia;Shi, Zi-Ang;Chen, Zhe-Yu;von Rintelen, Thomas;Zhang, Wei;Lou, Zheng-Jie			
BD3487C7431DFFD232C234045808F793.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/15098072/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15098072	Figure 5. Morphological details of Helicostoa liuae sp. nov. (a) SEM photo of the female operculum, left is interior surface and right is exterior surface. (b) SEM photo of the male operculum, left is interior surface and right is exterior surface. (c) Fresh soft body of female. (d) Ethanol preserved soft body of female. (e) Ethanol preserved soft body of male. (f) Egg capsules. (g) Male genital. (h) Protoconch of female, photographed by Bernhard Schurian. (i) Different stages of sub-adult females showing the enclosing process of the opening. (a–f) Scale bar 500 µm; (g) scale bar 500 µm. Abbreviations: p, penis; pa, penial appendix; s, snout; lt, left tentacle; f, flagellum.	Figure 5. Morphological details of Helicostoa liuae sp. nov. (a) SEM photo of the female operculum, left is interior surface and right is exterior surface. (b) SEM photo of the male operculum, left is interior surface and right is exterior surface. (c) Fresh soft body of female. (d) Ethanol preserved soft body of female. (e) Ethanol preserved soft body of male. (f) Egg capsules. (g) Male genital. (h) Protoconch of female, photographed by Bernhard Schurian. (i) Different stages of sub-adult females showing the enclosing process of the opening. (a–f) Scale bar 500 µm; (g) scale bar 500 µm. Abbreviations: p, penis; pa, penial appendix; s, snout; lt, left tentacle; f, flagellum.	2024-01-10	Zhang, Le-Jia;Shi, Zi-Ang;Chen, Zhe-Yu;von Rintelen, Thomas;Zhang, Wei;Lou, Zheng-Jie		Zenodo	biologists	Zhang, Le-Jia;Shi, Zi-Ang;Chen, Zhe-Yu;von Rintelen, Thomas;Zhang, Wei;Lou, Zheng-Jie			
BD3487C7431DFFD232C234045808F793.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/15098068/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15098068	Figure 3. Types of Helicostoa sinensis E. Lamy, 1926. (a) The stone bearing specimens; lectotype MNHN-IM-2000-33309 is in the red frame. (b) The stone bearing specimens; MNHN-IM-2000-38620 (credit: MNHN-Manuel Caballer 2017). (c–d) Details of MNHN-IM-2000-33309, lectotype. (e) A paralectotypes showing the details of seam under the opening. (f) An open-coiled paralectotype. (g) The base of a peeled paralectotype showing the sessile part. (h) The side view of a paralectotype showing the flat base. (i) Operculum, left is exterior surface and right is interior surface. (j–k) paralectotypes in situ on rock. (l) Juveniles showing the protoconch. (a) Scale bar 5 cm; (c–h) scale bars 5 mm; (i) scale bar 1 mm; (l) scale bar 1 mm.	Figure 3. Types of Helicostoa sinensis E. Lamy, 1926. (a) The stone bearing specimens; lectotype MNHN-IM-2000-33309 is in the red frame. (b) The stone bearing specimens; MNHN-IM-2000-38620 (credit: MNHN-Manuel Caballer 2017). (c–d) Details of MNHN-IM-2000-33309, lectotype. (e) A paralectotypes showing the details of seam under the opening. (f) An open-coiled paralectotype. (g) The base of a peeled paralectotype showing the sessile part. (h) The side view of a paralectotype showing the flat base. (i) Operculum, left is exterior surface and right is interior surface. (j–k) paralectotypes in situ on rock. (l) Juveniles showing the protoconch. (a) Scale bar 5 cm; (c–h) scale bars 5 mm; (i) scale bar 1 mm; (l) scale bar 1 mm.	2024-01-10	Zhang, Le-Jia;Shi, Zi-Ang;Chen, Zhe-Yu;von Rintelen, Thomas;Zhang, Wei;Lou, Zheng-Jie		Zenodo	biologists	Zhang, Le-Jia;Shi, Zi-Ang;Chen, Zhe-Yu;von Rintelen, Thomas;Zhang, Wei;Lou, Zheng-Jie			
BD3487C7431DFFD232C234045808F793.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/15098064/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15098064	Figure 1. Specimen collecting sites in the Pearl River Basin of China, habitat and living animals in the aquarium for Helicostoa liuae sp. nov. (a) Map of the Pearl River Basin (light blue area) and the localities of two collection sites (red dot), Hechi (type locality) and Guiping in Guangxi, China. (b) Environment of the type locality in Long River, Yizhou, Hechi City, with many large limestones in the river. (c) The limestone where the holotype was collected. (d) The living animals of females and males in situ on the limestone just taken from the river. (e) A female detached from stone. (f) A vagile male. (g) A sessile female in excretion after feeding on red Chlamydomonas reinhardtii algae, photographed by Min Chen. (h) A male climbing on a female, displaying the remarkable difference in size.	Figure 1. Specimen collecting sites in the Pearl River Basin of China, habitat and living animals in the aquarium for Helicostoa liuae sp. nov. (a) Map of the Pearl River Basin (light blue area) and the localities of two collection sites (red dot), Hechi (type locality) and Guiping in Guangxi, China. (b) Environment of the type locality in Long River, Yizhou, Hechi City, with many large limestones in the river. (c) The limestone where the holotype was collected. (d) The living animals of females and males in situ on the limestone just taken from the river. (e) A female detached from stone. (f) A vagile male. (g) A sessile female in excretion after feeding on red Chlamydomonas reinhardtii algae, photographed by Min Chen. (h) A male climbing on a female, displaying the remarkable difference in size.	2024-01-10	Zhang, Le-Jia;Shi, Zi-Ang;Chen, Zhe-Yu;von Rintelen, Thomas;Zhang, Wei;Lou, Zheng-Jie		Zenodo	biologists	Zhang, Le-Jia;Shi, Zi-Ang;Chen, Zhe-Yu;von Rintelen, Thomas;Zhang, Wei;Lou, Zheng-Jie			
