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Small Cave Snails
(2024) ●
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Issue
Name: |
Small Cave
Snails |
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Thai
Issue
Name: |
หอยจิ๋ว |
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Issue Date: |
2024/2567-09-26 |
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Cause: |
To promote
and disseminate knowledge about tiny
cave snails in Thailand, which are valuable to the
ecosystem, and to promote awareness among the nation's
people about the importance of preserving the evolving
ecosystem. |
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Catalogue Number: |
2024/15-18 |
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Denomination: |
5 Baht, 5 Baht, 5 Baht, 5 Baht |
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Unused Value: |
5 Baht, 5 Baht, 5 Baht, 5 Baht |
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Complete Set: |
20 Baht (unused),
4 Baht
(used) |
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Thailex Collection: |
n/a |
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Size: |
30 x 48 mm |
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Quantity
of Stamps: |
10,000
pieces per designs |
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Printer: |
T.K.S. Technologies Public Company Limited, Thailand |
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Subject: |
Various species of tiny
cave dwelling snails that occur in Thailand: 1.
Plectostoma kubuensis, known in Thai as
hoi
taak
jiw kah nahm
si
som
(หอยทากจิ๋วกาน้ำสีส้ม) and hoi kah nahm sih som san
khao (หอยกาน้ำสีส้มสันขาว),
which translates to ‘Tiny Orange-white Kettle Snail’
and ‘White-ridged Orange Kettle Snail’, respectively; 2.
Diplommatina khwantongae, known in Thai as hoi
krasuay
jiw
khwaan thong (หอยกระสวยจิ๋วขวานทอง),
meaning ‘Khwantong's Spindle Micro Snail’; 3.
Aulacospira nutadhirai, known in Thai as
hoi taak jiw kru
nok (หอยทากจิ๋วครูนก), i.e.
‘Teacher Bird's Micro Snail’; and 4.
Anauchen srakeoensis, known in
Thai as hoi taak jiw pahk trae sra kaew (หอยทากจิ๋วปากแตรสระแก้ว),
meaning ‘Sa Kaeo's
Trumpet Mouth
Micro Snail’. |
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Related Link: |
Plectostoma kubuensis,
Diplommatina khwantongae,
Aulacospira nutadhirai,
Anauchen srakeoensis,
hoi,
taak,
si,
som,
khao,
krasuay,
kru,
nok,
Sa Kaeo |
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