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
2017
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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Macrochlamys malaccana (Pfeiffer, 1854)
Figure 18B
Materials examined.
mykarst-184
Bat Cave
: BOR/MOL 9858. mykarst-185 Batu Kebelah: BOR/MOL 9762, BOR/MOL 9527, BOR/MOL 9562, BOR/MOL 9570.
Prk
53
Hill KF
: BOR/
MOL 10712
,
BOR/
MOL 10736
,
BOR/
MOL 10765
,
BOR/
MOL 10690
.
Prk
42
G. Bercham
: BOR/MOL 9228.
Prk
36
Gua Datok
: BOR/
MOL 10415
,
BOR/
MOL 10465
,
BOR/
MOL 10485
.
Prk
55
G. Pondok
: BOR/
MOL 12093
.
Distribution.
Known from Kedah and Perak only.
Remarks.
Medium-sized shell. Whorls more expanded than
Macrochlamys
'batu kebelah 1'. Suture has distinct dark brown line. Spiral striations are very fine. This species was previously known from Kedah only (
Maassen 2001
).