Table 2.

Shell measurements (range, mean ± s.d.) of the new species of Laeocathaica Möllendorff, 1899 described in this work (length in mm).

Species	n	Shell height	Maximum diameter	Aperture height	Aperture breadth	Umbilicus diameter	Protoconch whorls	Whorls
L.parapolytyla Wu, sp. nov.	8	5.5–8.4 7.2±1.05	11.4–17.2 15.1±2.23	2.8–4.6 3.9±0.66	4.2–6.8 5.8±0.95	3.0–5.0 4.1±0.65	1.500–1.750 1.594±0.1108	8.125–9.375 8.875±0.4432
L.qiminglii Wu, sp. nov.	2	5.2–5.3 5.2±0.03	12.6–13.2 12.9±0.44	2.0–2.4 2.2±0.28	3.9–4.2 4.0±0.24	5.2–5.4 5.3±0.13	1.500	7.625–7.750 7.688±0.0883
L.zhengpingliui Wu, sp. nov.	10	7.9–10.0 9.2±0.77	17.2–20.1 19.0±1.1	4.6–6.8 5.8±0.61	5.9–8.1 7.2±0.67	6.0–7.9 6.7±0.56	1.500–1.750 1.600±0.0986	8.625–9.250 8.838±0.2361
L.cheni Wu, sp. nov.	9	8.6–10.4 9.3±0.56	16.5–19.7 18.7±1.05	5.0–6.5 6.0±0.48	6.0–8.1 7.3±0.62	4.8–7.1 6.2±0.72	1.500–1.625 1.609±0.0442	9.000–9.625 9.219±0.0.2086
L.qingchuanensis Wu, sp. nov.	6	10.7–13.9 12.3±1.19	20.7–27.5 24.5±2.10	6.2–8.5 7.6±0.78	9.0–11.9 10.7±0.99	4.1–6.4 5.1±0.59	1.500–1.625 1.510±0.0347	6.125–7.000 6.500±0.2447
L.qishilii Wu, sp. nov.	8	7.4–8.2 7.9±0.31	21.3–23.7 22.8±0.79	5.6–6.9 6.2±0.49	9.8–11.4 10.5±0.47	5.0–6.1 5.6±0.35	1.500–1.625 1.516±0.0442	5.500–5.875 5.703±0.1325
L.nordsiecki Wu, sp. nov.	5	3.6–3.8 3.7±0.08	10.3–10.8 10.5±0.18	2.2–3.0 2.7±0.31	2.9–3.3 3.1±0.16	4.6–5.0 4.8±0.13	1.500–1.625 1.600±0.0560	5.000–5.125 5.100±0.0559