Rhaphaulus pfeifferi Issel, 1874

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

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scientific name	Rhaphaulus pfeifferi Issel, 1874
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Rhaphaulus pfeifferi Issel, 1874 Figure 14E View Figure 14

Raphaulus pfeifferi Issel, 1874: 443-444, pl. 7, figs 4-6.

Type locality.

"Territorio di Sarawak".

Material examined.

Lobang Angin: ME 9556.

Distribution in Borneo.

Sarawak: Kuching Division. Endemic to Borneo.

Remarks.

Living snails were observed foraging among leaf litter and plant debris near the cliff in a lowland limestone forest. It differs from R. bombycinus by having a smaller shell with a less oblique spire and with a more spreading sutural tube.