Mieniplotia scabra (OF Mueller , 1774)

Ng, Ting Hui, Dulipat, Jasrul, Foon, Junn Kitt, Lopes-Lima, Manuel, Alexandra Zieritz, & Liew, Thor-Seng, 2017, A preliminary checklist of the freshwater snails of Sabah (Malaysian Borneo) deposited in the BORNEENSIS collection, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, ZooKeys 673, pp. 105-123 : 106

Mieniplotia scabra (OF Mueller, 1774) Figure 3F

Synonyms.

Helix aspera Gmelin, 1791; Melania spinulosa Lamarck, 1822; Melania doreyana Lesson, 1831; Melania spinescens Lesson, 1831; Melanium granum von dem Busch, 1842; Melania scabrella Mousson, 1848; Melania acanthica Lea, 1850; Melania denticulata Lea, 1850; Melania pagoda Lea, 1850; Melania datura Dohrn, 1858; Melania elegans Reeve, 1859; Melania pugilis Reeve, 1859; Melania rugosa Brot, 1860; Melania snellemanni Schepman, 1880; Melania bockii Brot, 1881; Melania savinieri Morlet, 1884; Melania subcancellata Boettger, 1890; Melania pinguicola Martens in Weber, 1897; Melania varia Bullen, 1904; Melania intrepida Fulton, 1914; Melania sykesi Degner, 1928.

Material examined.

BOR/MOL8300, BOR/MOL8306, BOR/MOL8310, BOR/MOL8690.

Distribution and habitat.

Off Kota Kinabalu on Pulau Gaya, and northern Sabah in Pitas. Collected from rivers.

Remarks.

This cryptogenic species is widespread across tropical Asia and is invasive around the world ( Cianfanelli et al. 2016).