Diversity and biogeography of land snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the limestone hills of Perak, Peninsular Malaysia
Author
Foon, Junn Kitt
Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia & Rimba, 22 - 3 A, Casa Kiara 2, Jalan Kiara 5, 50480 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Author
Clements, Gopalasamy Reuben
Rimba, 22 - 3 A, Casa Kiara 2, Jalan Kiara 5, 50480 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia & Department of Biological Sciences, Sunway University, No. 5 Jalan Universiti, 47500 Bandar Sunway, Selangor, Malaysia
Author
Liew, Thor-Seng
Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia & Rimba, 22 - 3 A, Casa Kiara 2, Jalan Kiara 5, 50480 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
thorsengliew@gmail.com
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2017-07-04
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.682.12999
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.682.12999
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Ptychopatula orcula (Benson, 1850)
Figure 31B
Materials examined.
Prk
53
Hill KF
: BOR/
MOL 10708
,
BOR/
MOL 10723
.
mykarst-184
Bat Cave
: BOR/MOL 9862, BOR/MOL 9782, BOR/MOL 9815, BOR/MOL 9842. Prk 47
Kanthan
: BOR/MOL 9078, BOR/MOL 9171. mykarst-027: BOR/MOL 9043, BOR/MOL 9118. mykarst-025: BOR/MOL 9391, BOR/MOL 9426, BOR/MOL 9488, BOR/MOL 9522.
Prk
42
G. Bercham
: BOR/MOL 9457, BOR/MOL 9463, BOR/MOL 9478, BOR/MOL 9219, BOR/
MOL 10584
,
BOR/
MOL 10599
,
BOR/
MOL 10621
,
BOR/
MOL 10631
,
BOR/
MOL 10632
.
Prk
23
G. Rapat
: BOR/
MOL 10218
,
BOR/
MOL 10036
,
BOR/
MOL 10235
,
BOR/
MOL 10269
.
mykarst-185
Batu Kebelah
: BOR/MOL 9537, BOR/MOL 9743.
Prk
64
Bt Kepala Gajah
: BOR/
MOL 10104
,
BOR/
MOL 10148
,
BOR/
MOL 10185
.
Prk
36
Gua Datok
: BOR/
MOL 10429
,
BOR/
MOL 10471
,
BOR/
MOL 10503
.
Prk
01
G. Tempurung
: BOR/
MOL 11144
,
BOR/
MOL 11224
,
BOR/
MOL 11426
.
Prk
34
G. Tasek
: BOR/
MOL 11163
,
BOR/
MOL 11008
,
BOR/
MOL 11042
,
BOR/
MOL 11182
.
Prk
55
G. Pondok
: BOR/
MOL 11487
,
BOR/
MOL 11526
,
BOR/
MOL 11551
.
Distribution.
In Peninsular Malaysia, known from Perlis and Perak (
Maassen 2001
). Elsewhere, in the tropical regions of the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Islands (
Seddon 2000
).
Remarks.
Distinguished from sympatric congener
Ptychopatula solemi
by its larger shell, wider whorls, wide umbilicus and lower spire.