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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Cecilioides caledonica (Crosse, 1867)
Figure 27D
Materials examined.
mykarst-185
Batu Kebelah
: BOR/MOL 9748.
Prk
01
G. Tempurung
: BOR/
MOL 11421
.
Distribution.
In Peninsular Malaysia, known from Perlis and Perak (
Maassen 2001
). Elsewhere, in Indonesia (Java), New Guinea and New Caledonia (
Maassen 2001
).
Remarks.
A distinctive species with a thin, bullet-shaped shell. Spire tall, suture indistinct, whorls smooth and glossy. Aperture elongated and narrow.