Hemiplecta cymatium (Pfeiffer, 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 : 3

publication ID

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

publication LSID

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persistent identifier

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scientific name

Hemiplecta cymatium (Pfeiffer, 1856)
status

 

Hemiplecta cymatium (Pfeiffer, 1856) Figure 17D View Figure 17

Materials examined.

mykarst-184 Bat Cave : BOR/MOL 9855, BOR/MOL 9795, BOR/MOL 9825. Prk 53 Hill KF: BOR/ MOL 10740 View Materials , BOR/ MOL 10656 View Materials , BOR/ MOL 10686 View Materials . mykarst-027: BOR/MOL 9104. Prk 55 G. Pondok: BOR/ MOL 11611 View Materials .

Distribution.

In the states of Kedah, Penang, Perak, Kelantan and Pahang in Peninsular Malaysia ( Maassen 2001). Elsewhere, in Jalor (=Yala), southern Thailand ( Maassen 2001).

Remarks.

Large shell. Perak shells differ from Penang shells only by their flatter spire. Whorls brown with darker periphery. Peripheral keel pronounced. Shell surface has numerous short spiral crenulations.