Additions to the knowledge of the land snails of Sabah (Malaysia, Borneo), including 48 new species
Author
Vermeulen, Jaap J.
Author
Liew, Thor-Seng
Author
Schilthuizen, Menno
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ZooKeys
2015
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.531.6097
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.531.6097
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Taxon classification Animalia Architaenioglossa Diplommatinidae
Diplommatina bidentata Vermeulen, Liew & Schilthuizen
sp. n.
Figure 17
Holotype
.
Malaysia
,
Sabah
,
Tawau Province
,
Batu Baturong
c. 50 km W.S.W. of Lahad Datu
(leg.
J.J. Vermeulen
&
H. Duistermaat
,
RMNH.5003954
).
Examined material from Sabah.
Tawau Province. Batu Baturong c. 50 km W.S.W. of Lahad Datu (leg. J.J. Vermeulen & H. Duistermaat, V 7581).
Description.
Shell dextral, conical, with the last whorl or the last two whorls widest; sides flat or slightly convex. Suture impressed. Constriction level with the parietal side of the peristome, with 1 parietalis which continues as a lamella down to the aperture, 1 longitudinal palatalis slightly to the left of the parietal peristome, 1 transversal palatalis, 1 columellaris which continues as a lamella down to the aperture. Tuba 7/8 whorl. Sculpture. Radial ribs straight, distinct, rather low, rather wide, rather densely placed (7-11 ribs/0.5 mm on the penultimate whorl). Spiral striation present, inconspious, fine and dense. Aperture hardly tilted with regard to the coiling axis; columellaris large, slightly downwards directed; the distal end of the parietalis visible on the parietal side as a tooth. Peristome double, expanding; palatal side only slightly sinuous, without edge; basal side without edge; basal edge not sinuous; outer peristome not or hardly expanding beyond the inner; inner peristome with a palatal lip, free and erect on the columellar side, expanding on the parietal side. Umbilicus open, narrow. Dimensions. Height 1.9-2.3 mm; width 1.00-1.25 mm; umbilicus 0.05-0.20 mm wide; number of whorls 6-6 3/4; height and width aperture 0.25-0.30 mm.
Habitat in Sabah and distribution.
(Disturbed) primary forest on limestone bedrock, at c. 100 m alt. Sabah: East coast, Baturong Hill only. Endemic to Sabah.
Cross diagnosis.
Uniquely identified by the parietal lamella, which runs over the full length of the tuba and which is visible as a pearietal tooth deep in the aperture.
In
Vermeulen (1993)
it keys out next to
Diplommatina cacuminulus
Vermeulen, 1993. Yet it seems most similar to
Diplommatina toretos
Vermeulen, 1993; it shares the open umbilicus with this species.
Etymology.
The name refers to the two teeth in the aperture [bidentata (L.) = with two teeth].