Pollicaria elephas (de Morgan, 1885)

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

Pollicaria elephas (de Morgan, 1885) Figure 15A

Materials examined.

mykarst-027: BOR/MOL 9089, BOR/MOL 9030. Prk 53 Hill KF: BOR/ MOL 10714 , BOR/ MOL 10741 , BOR/ MOL 10657 , BOR/ MOL 10684 . mykarst-025: BOR/MOL 9402, BOR/MOL 9432, BOR/MOL 9443, BOR/MOL 9498. mykarst-185 Batu Kebelah: BOR/MOL 9567, BOR/MOL 9579. Prk 01 G. Tempurung: BOR/ MOL 11138 .

Distribution.

Known from Pluss (=Pelus) River Valley and Kinta Valley, Perak only ( Maassen 2001).

Remarks.

Shell large. Operculum hard, calcified, multilamella. Distinct from any sympatric land snail species in the structure and coiling of the whorls.

Figures

Figure 15. A Pollicaria elephas (de Morgan, 1885 a) BOR / MOL 9443. Perak, Ipoh, Mykarst- 025 Plot 1 B Pupina artata Benson, 1856 BOR / MOL 9803. Perak, Ipoh, Bat Cave Hill Plot 2 C Pupina arula perakensis von Moellendorff, 1891 BOR / MOL 10566. Perak, Ipoh, Gunung Datok Plot D Pupina lowi de Morgan, 1885 a BOR / MOL 9873. Perak, Ipoh, Bat Cave Hill Plot 4.