Helicarion dyakanum (Godwin-Austen, 1891)

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

Helicarion dyakanum (Godwin-Austen, 1891)

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: MZU.MOL.22.452 ; individualCount: 1; occurrenceID: 9501608E-3784-54A9-8992-A699C780D0B6; Taxon : family: Helicarionidae ; genus: Helicarion ; scientificNameAuthorship: (Godwin-Austen, 1891); Location : locality: Batu Kudik , Simunjan, Sarawak Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: ME 13367 ; individualCount: 5; occurrenceID: FF103876-92B6-5BC6-B205-3DFBC37D5D70; Taxon : family: Helicarionidae ; genus: Helicarion ; scientificNameAuthorship: (Godwin-Austen, 1891); Location : locality: Batu Kudik , Simunjan, Sarawak Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: ME 13899 ; individualCount: 2; occurrenceID: 8E622615-3086-5C96-B118-8EC3F0636AD5; Taxon : family: Helicarionidae ; genus: Helicarion ; scientificNameAuthorship: (Godwin-Austen, 1891); Location : locality: Batu Kudik, Simunjan, Sarawak

Distribution

Sarawak: Kuching, Serian, Samarahan and Miri Divisions ( Godwin-Austen 1891; Marzuki et al. 2021). Sabah: West Coast Division ( Vermeulen and Liew 2022). Distribution elsewhere: Indonesia: Lombok ( Smith 1899).

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. 20 . The identification of the species was based on the original description by Godwin-Austen (1891) and species description by Marzuki et al. (2021). Holotype, not seen (NHMUK 91.3.9.4).

Figures

Figure 20. Apertural, posterial, umbilical and apical views of Helicarion dyakanum (ME 13367). Scale = 2.5 mm.