Elasmias terrestris (Brazier, 1876)

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

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A1A4ED17-6800-D5E7-8F21-6A9F922E8EF3

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ZooKeys by Pensoft

scientific name

Elasmias terrestris (Brazier, 1876)
status

 

Elasmias terrestris (Brazier, 1876) Figure 17A View Figure 17

Materials examined.

mykarst-184 Bat Cave : BOR/MOL 9790, BOR/MOL 9817, BOR/MOL 9840. Prk 64 Bt Kepala Gajah: BOR/ MOL 10186 View Materials . Prk 55 G. Pondok: BOR/ MOL 11528 View Materials .

Distribution.

In Peninsular Malaysia, found in Kedah and Perak ( Maassen 2001). Elsewhere, New Guinea and Australia ( Maassen 2001, Solem 1988).

Remarks.

Small shell. Distinguished from others by its oviform shell and truncated columella with two lamella teeth (one more pronounced than the other). This is a new record for Perak.