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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Alycaeus conformis Fulton, 1902
Figure 4B
Materials examined.
Prk
23
G. Rapat
: BOR/
MOL 10057
.
Distribution.
In Peninsular Malaysia, known from Perak, Selangor and Kelantan (
Maassen 2001
). Elsewhere, in Tenasserim (=Tanintharyi), Myanmar and Salang (=Phuket), Thailand (
Maassen 2001
).
Remarks.
Small shell. Globular, convex whorls. Very similar to
Alycaeus gibbosulus
, distinguished only by the less expanded penultimate whorl and clean operculum exterior.