Kaliella calculosa (Gould, 1852)

Marzuki, Mohammad Effendi bin, Liew, Thor-Seng & Mohd-Azlan, Jayasilan, 2021, Land snails and slugs of Bau limestone hills, Sarawak (Malaysia, Borneo), with the descriptions of 13 new species, ZooKeys 1035, pp. 1-113 : 1

Kaliella calculosa (Gould, 1852) Figure 32C

Helix calculosa Gould, 1852: 48.

Type locality.

“Tahiti” [= Tahiti Island, French Polynesia].

Material examined.

Bukit Sekunyit: ME 1885. Gunung Doya: ME 1865, ME 8932, ME 8952, ME 8995. Gunung Kapor: ME 1863, ME 1898, ME 1911, ME 8973, ME 9049, ME 9238. Kampung Padang Pan: ME 6722. Lobang Angin: ME 8747, ME 9177, ME 9259. Gunung Batu: ME 1866, ME 8816.

Distribution in Borneo.

Sarawak: Kuching, Serian and Miri divisions. Sabah: Interior, Sandakan, Tawau, and West Coast divisions. Distribution elsewhere. South Asia mainland to Indo-Australian archipelago and Pacific Islands ( Vermeulen et al. 2015).

Remarks.

The juvenile shell of this species is similar to Kaliella barrakporensis (Pfeiffer, 1852) and K. busauensis (Smith, 1895), but it differs from the two species by having a lower conical, brittle, whitish shell with moderately spaced spiral striae above the periphery.

Figures

Figure 32. A Kaliella barrakporensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1852) ME 9009 Gunung Kapor B Kaliella busauensis (E. A. Smith, 1895) ME 1892 Gunung C Kaliella calculosa (Gould, 1852) ME 1863 Gunung Kapor D Kaliella doliolum (L. Pfeiffer, 1846) ME 9074 Gunung Kapor.