Plectostoma tonkinianum (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1905)
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Not seen.
In recent years, this species has been recorded at several limestone hills in the vicinity of Ha Tien, which is a popular tourism site. Although the type specimen cannot be located and the exact type locality cannot be determined, the shell morphology of the recent material fits well with the description in the original publication.
In the original publication, Dautzenberg and Fischer (1905) mentioned that this species was collected by M. Mansuy from Tonkin (French protectorate), which was a large area that included part of Southern China, and the Northern parts of Laos and Vietnam. Dautzenberg and Fischer (1905)further provided a list of locations where most of the snails were collected. One of these was, Chau Doc, which is located about 70 km from Ha Tien. Furthermore, a recent intensive land snail survey in the Northern Provinces of Laos, namely, Hua Phan and Luang Prabang, did not discover anyPlectostoma species (Muratov and Abdou 2006). Hence, Plectostoma tonkinianum probably occurs in the small limestone hill cluster in the coastal area of the Southern part of Vietnam and neighboring Cambodia.
Type locality. “Tonkin” (Dautzenberg and Fischer 1905). The exact locality should be the limestone hill near Chau Dao.
Distribution range. Limestone hills in the Province of Kien Giang (Figure 18A).