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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Diplommatina ventriculus (von
Moellendorff
, 1891)
Figure 11C
Materials examined.
Prk
53
Hill KF
: BOR/
MOL 10703
,
BOR/
MOL 10745
,
BOR/
MOL 10725
,
BOR/
MOL 10681
.
mykarst-184
Bat Cave
: BOR/MOL 9883, BOR/MOL 9821.
Prk
47
Kanthan
: BOR/MOL 9180, BOR/MOL 9086.
Prk
23
G. Rapat
: BOR/
MOL 10219
,
BOR/
MOL 10265
.
mykarst-027: BOR/MOL 9117, BOR/MOL 9018, BOR/MOL 9027.
Prk
64
Bt Kepala Gajah
: BOR/
MOL 10157
.
Prk
55
G. Pondok
: BOR/
MOL 11493
,
BOR/
MOL 11518
,
BOR/
MOL 11554
,
BOR/
MOL 11582
.
Prk
34
G. Tasek
: BOR/
MOL 11191
.
Prk
01
G. Tempurung
: BOR/
MOL 11234
,
BOR/
MOL 11404
.
Distribution.
Found throughout Peninsular Malaysia (
Maassen 2001
). Elsewhere, in Sumatra, Indonesia (
van Benthem Jutting 1959
).
Remarks.
Shell dextral, rarely sinistral. Distinguished from other sympatric dextral congeners by its large shell, more globular whorls and weak columellar tooth.