Macrochlamys malaccana (Pfeiffer, 1854)

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

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

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Macrochlamys malaccana (Pfeiffer, 1854)
status

 

Macrochlamys malaccana (Pfeiffer, 1854) Figure 18B View Figure 18

Materials examined.

mykarst-184 Bat Cave : BOR/MOL 9858. mykarst-185 Batu Kebelah: BOR/MOL 9762, BOR/MOL 9527, BOR/MOL 9562, BOR/MOL 9570. Prk 53 Hill KF: BOR/ MOL 10712 View Materials , BOR/ MOL 10736 View Materials , BOR/ MOL 10765 View Materials , BOR/ MOL 10690 View Materials . Prk 42 G. Bercham: BOR/MOL 9228. Prk 36 Gua Datok: BOR/ MOL 10415 View Materials , BOR/ MOL 10465 View Materials , BOR/ MOL 10485 View Materials . Prk 55 G. Pondok: BOR/ MOL 12093 View Materials .

Distribution.

Known from Kedah and Perak only.

Remarks.

Medium-sized shell. Whorls more expanded than Macrochlamys 'batu kebelah 1'. Suture has distinct dark brown line. Spiral striations are very fine. This species was previously known from Kedah only ( Maassen 2001).