Pupisoma dioscoricola (C. B. Adams, 1845)

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

Pupisoma dioscoricola (C. B. Adams, 1845)

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: MZU.MOL.22.458 ; individualCount: 2; occurrenceID: CB445AF8-F64D-5708-A26C-7F83917F9F4A; Taxon: family: Valloniidae; genus: Pupisoma; scientificNameAuthorship: (C. B. Adams, 1845); Location: locality: Batu Kudik, Simunjan, Sarawak Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: ME 13373 ; individualCount: 9; occurrenceID: A538854D-6B46-5E28-AA76-8C9CEFBDD77F; Taxon: family: Valloniidae; genus: Pupisoma; scientificNameAuthorship: (C. B. Adams, 1845); Location: locality: Batu Kudik, Simunjan, Sarawak Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: ME 13897 ; individualCount: 1; occurrenceID: C2AEC3FE-0107-5EBA-97A5-960FC7397570; Taxon: family: Valloniidae; genus: Pupisoma; scientificNameAuthorship: (C. B. Adams, 1845); Location: locality: Batu Kudik, Simunjan, Sarawak

Distribution

Sarawak: Kuching, Samarahan, Bintulu, Miri and Limbang Divisions ( Marzuki et al. 2021). Sabah: West Coast, Interior, Kudat, Tawau and Sandakan Divisions ( Vermeulen and Liew 2022). Distribution elsewhere: Africa, Asia, Australia, Pacific Islands and America ( Adams 1845; Pilsbry 1921; Hausdorf 2007; Vermeulen and Liew 2022).

Notes

Widely distributed. Only dry shells were found during the surveys. The representative is shown in Fig. 29 . The identification of the species was based on the original description by Adams (1845). Syntype, not seen (NHMUK 1875.2.8.14).

Figures

Figure 29. Apertural, posterial, umbilical and apical views of Pupisoma dioscoricola (ME 13373). Scale = 1 mm.