Pupina artata 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

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.682.12999

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0AE82225-C67E-4D90-8BBE-C30124E6C312

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/984AF74C-4AA2-9681-0266-2758B9529F31

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scientific name

Pupina artata Benson, 1856
status

 

Pupina artata Benson, 1856 Figure 15B View Figure 15

Materials examined.

mykarst-184 Bat Cave : BOR/MOL 9872, BOR/MOL 9803, BOR/MOL 9835, BOR/MOL 9777. mykarst-025: BOR/MOL 9413, BOR/MOL 9486, BOR/MOL 9505, BOR/ MOL 12425 View Materials . Prk 42 G. Bercham: BOR/MOL 9460, BOR/MOL 9474, BOR/MOL 9211, BOR/MOL 9234, BOR/ MOL 10573 View Materials , BOR/ MOL 10622 View Materials , BOR/ MOL 10627 View Materials . mykarst-185 Batu Kebelah: BOR/MOL 9534, BOR/MOL 9575, BOR/MOL 9580. Prk 64 Bt Kepala Gajah: BOR/ MOL 10092 View Materials , BOR/ MOL 10139 View Materials , BOR/ MOL 10171 View Materials . Prk 55 G. Pondok: BOR/ MOL 11490 View Materials , BOR/ MOL 11525 View Materials . Prk 01 G. Tempurung: BOR/ MOL 11221 View Materials .

Distribution.

In Peninsular Malaysia, found in Perak and Selangor ( Maassen 2001). Elsewhere, in Moulmein (=Mawlamyine), Myanmar and Ko Samui, Thailand ( Maassen 2001).

Remarks.

Shell colour varies from white to brown, glossy. Whorl convexity varies slightly but is always less expanded than congeners. Differ from all sympatric Pupina species in being small, whorls less expanded as well as the formation and curvature of the aperture and its narrow canals.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Mesogastropoda

Family

Pupinidae

Genus

Pupina