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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ZooKeys
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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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Quantula striata (Gray, 1834)
Figure 25C
Materials examined.
mykarst-184
Bat Cave
: BOR/MOL 9857, BOR/MOL 9827. mykarst-027: BOR/MOL 9092. mykarst-185 Batu Kebelah: BOR/MOL 9122, BOR/MOL 9526, BOR/MOL 9557. Prk 47 Kanthan: BOR/MOL 9142. mykarst-025: BOR/MOL 9503. Prk 42
G. Bercham
: BOR/
MOL 10569
.
Distribution.
Found throughout Peninsular Malaysia (
Maassen 2001
). Elsewhere, on Sundaland and the Philippines (
Maassen 2001
,
Brodie and Barker 2012
). Also, introduced into Fiji (
Brodie and Barker 2012
).
Remarks.
Shell medium-sized. Brown and non-glossy at dorsal whorls, white and glossy at umbilicus. Periphery keeled but less pronounced than
Pseudoplecta bijuga
. Whorls have dense and fine radial growth lines. This is a synanthropic species.