Land snails and slugs of Bau limestone hills, Sarawak (Malaysia, Borneo), with the descriptions of 13 new species
Author
Marzuki, Mohammad Effendi bin
Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia & Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88450, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
fendiemz@gmail.com
Author
Liew, Thor-Seng
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9437-5924
Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88450, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
thorsengliew@gmail.com
Author
Mohd-Azlan, Jayasilan
Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia
text
ZooKeys
2021
2021-04-27
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1035.60843
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1035.60843
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Paralaoma angusta Vermeulen, Liew & Schilthuizen, 2015
Figures 36A
, 37
Paralaoma angusta
Vermeulen et al., 2015
: 109, fig. 76A, B.
Type locality.
"Malaysia, Sabah, West Coast Province, Crocker Range, Kiansom Waterfall".
Material examined.
Gunung Doya: ME 8927, ME 8945, ME 8994. Gunung Kapor: ME 1734, ME 1760, ME 1927, ME 8976, ME 9042, ME 9067, ME 9262, ME 9641. Kampung Bunga Rampai: ME 0741. Lobang Angin: ME 9265. Gunung Batu: ME 1756, ME 1763, ME 8836.
Figure 36.
A
Paralaoma angusta
Vermeulen, Liew & Schilthuizen, 2015 ME 9641 Gunung Kapor
B
Paralaoma sarawakensis
, sp. nov., ME 2269
Paratype
Gunung Doya
C
Charopa
sp. "
Charopa argos
" ME 8593 Gunung Doya.
Distribution in Borneo.
Sarawak: Kuching and Serian divisions. Sabah: West Coast Division. Kalimantan: South Kalimantan Province. Endemic to Borneo.
Remarks.
This is the first record of this species in Sarawak. Living snails were observed foraging among leaf litter and plant debris near the cliffs in a lowland limestone forest. The shells from Bau are slightly larger and more obese than the shells from Sabah. Dimensions: Height <1.65 mm; width <2.37 mm; diameters of the first three whorls 0.41 mm, 0.93 mm, and 1.65 mm, respectively; number of whorls <
41/2
; aperture height <0.93 mm; aperture width <1.24 mm.
Figure 37.
Paralaoma angusta
Vermeulen, Liew & Schilthuizen, 2015
A-F
ME 1763
A
apertural view
B
apical view
C
basal view
D
enlargement of the apical side showing the apex
E
enlargement of the body whorl showing the shell sculpture
F
enlargement of the basal side of the shell.