Kaliella scandens (Cox, 1871)

Lee, Jie Ying, Nasir, Nurul Syafiqah, Marzuki, Mohammad Effendi, Vermeulen, Jaap J. & Khalik, Mohd Zacaery, 2024, The land snail fauna of Batu Kudik, isolated limestone outcrop near Simunjan, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo (Mollusca, Gastropoda), Biodiversity Data Journal 12, pp. 115556-115556 : 115556

Kaliella scandens (Cox, 1871)

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: MZU.MOL.22.453 ; individualCount: 3; occurrenceID: 01711D70-AFD0-5BCE-808B-3871A5491A04; Taxon : family: Chronidae ; genus: Kaliella ; scientificNameAuthorship: (Cox, 1871); Location : locality: Batu Kudik , Simunjan, Sarawak Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: ME 13371 ; individualCount: 7; occurrenceID: 6EF85010-4E63-5C49-AA76-E4A1DA725217; Taxon : family: Chronidae ; genus: Kaliella ; scientificNameAuthorship: (Cox, 1871); Location : locality: Batu Kudik , Simunjan, Sarawak Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: ME 13905 ; individualCount: 5; occurrenceID: BEB223FF-BD1C-5BE7-939A-005BB243B239; Taxon : family: Chronidae ; genus: Kaliella ; scientificNameAuthorship: (Cox, 1871); Location : locality: Batu Kudik, Simunjan, Sarawak

Distribution

Sarawak: Kuching, Serian, Samarahan and Miri Divisions ( Marzuki et al. 2021). Sabah: Interior, Sandakan, Kudat, Tawau and West Coast Divisions. Distribution elsewhere: Indonesia: Kalimantan, South-east Asia to Australia and the Pacific Islands ( Cox 1871; Vermeulen et al. 2015; Vermeulen and Liew 2022).

Notes

Living snails were observed within the arboreal area, on leaves of palms or trees at the base of the limestone cliff. The representative is shown in Fig. 22 . The identification of the species was based on the original description by Cox (1871) and species description by Marzuki et al. (2021). Syntype, not seen (NHMUK 1880.12.11.17).

Figures

Figure 22. Apertural, posterial, umbilical and apical views of Kaliella scandens (ME 13371). Scale = 1 mm.