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
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2021-04-27
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1035.60843
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Ptychopatula dioscoricola (C. B. Adams, 1845)
Figure 45A
Helix dioscoricola
C. B. Adams, 1845: 16.
Type locality.
"Jamaica"
.
Material examined.
Gunung Doya: ME 8942, ME 8997. Gunung Kapor: ME 8151, ME 8502, ME 9006, ME 9027, ME 9070. Kampung Padang Pan: ME 6830. Lobang Angin: ME 9140, ME 9173.
Distribution in Borneo.
Sarawak: Kuching, Bintulu, Miri, and Limbang divisions. Sabah: Sandakan Division.
Distribution elsewhere.
Circumtropical (Pilsbry 1920-1921).
Remarks.
Only dry shells were found during the surveys. It differs from
P. circumlitum
(Hedley, 1897) and
P. orcella
(Stoliczka, 1873) in having a higher spired shell with an umbilicus that is partly or entirely covered by the reflected peristome. This species also differs from
P. pulvisculum
(Issel, 1874) in having a larger shell with spiral lirae on shell surfaces.
Figure 45.
A
Ptychopatula dioscoricola
(C. B. Adams, 1845) ME 9070 Gunung Kapor
B
Ptychopatula orcella
(Stoliczka, 1873) ME 8925 Gunung Doya
C
Pupisoma moleculina
(Van Benthem-Jutting, 1940) ME 9051 Gunung Kapor
D
Pupisoma pulvisculum
(Issel, 1874) ME 9055 Gunung Kapor
E
Boysidia salpinx
F. G. Thompson & Dance, 1983 ME 8781 Gunung Kapor.
Figure 46.
Living snails from Bau
A
Japonia barbata
(L. Pfeiffer, 1855) ME 8768 Gunung Kapor
B
Opisthophorus euryomphalus
(L. Pfeiffer, 1856) ME 8779 Gunung Kapor
C
Opisthophorus biciliatus
Mousson, 1849 ME 8754 Gunung Kapor
D
Opisthophorus birostris
(L. Pfeiffer, 1854) ME 8755 Gunung Kapor. All not to scale.