Leptopoma aspirans (Benson, 1856)

Foon, Junn Kitt, Clements, Gopalasamy Reuben & Liew, Thor-Seng, 2017, Diversity and biogeography of land snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the limestone hills of Perak, Peninsular Malaysia, ZooKeys 682, pp. 1-94 : 2

Leptopoma aspirans (Benson, 1856) Figure 7E

Materials examined.

Prk 55 G. Pondok: BOR/ MOL 11537 .

Distribution.

In Peninsular Malaysia, known from Perlis and Perak ( Maassen 2001). Elsewhere, in Tenasserim (=Tanintharyi), Myanmar and Jalor (=Yala), Thailand ( Maassen 2001).

Remarks.

Shell small, conical. Dorsal whorls with widely spaced, indistinct brown spiral ridges. Distinguished from Leptopoma perlucidum (de Grateloup, 1840) by its taller spire relative to shell width. This is an arboreal species.

Figures

Figure 7. A Lagochilus ' kinta 1 ' BOR / MOL 10421. Perak, Ipoh, Gunung Datok Plot 2 B Lagochilus kobelti Sykes, 1903 BOR / MOL 10167. Perak, Ipoh, Gua Tok Giring Plot 4 C Lagochilus ' pondok 1 ' BOR / MOL 11576. Perak, Ipoh, Gunung Pondok, plot 6 D Lagochilus townsendi Crosse, 1879 a BOR / MOL 9052. Perak, Ipoh, Gunung Kanthan Plot 3 E Leptopoma aspirans (Benson, 1856) BOR / MOL 8087. Perak, Ipoh, forested slope behind village at Gunung Pondok.