Kaliella microconus (Mousson, 1865)

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 microconus (Mousson, 1865) Figure 33A

Nanina microconus Mousson, 1865: 192.

Type locality.

"Lomma-Lomma (Viti)" [= Loma Loma, Fiji].

Material examined.

Bukit Sekunyit: ME 1884. Gunung Doya: ME 1877, ME 9703, ME 8934, ME 8959, ME 8996. Gunung Kapor: ME 1860, ME 1896, ME 1909, ME 8154, ME 8499, ME 8975, ME 9007, ME 9073. Kampung Padang Pan: ME 6677. Lobang Angin: ME 8738, ME 8987, ME 9146. Gunung Batu: ME 1855, ME 1893, ME 1913, ME 8817.

Distribution in Borneo.

Sarawak: Kuching, Serian, and Miri divisions. Sabah: Interior, Kudat, Sandakan, Tawau, and West Coast divisions. Kalimantan: South Kalimantan Province. Distribution elsewhere. South-east Asia to Australia and the Pacific Islands ( Vermeulen and Whitten 1998).

Remarks.

Living snails were observed foraging among leaf litter and plant debris near the cliff in a lowland limestone forest.

Figures

Figure 33. A Kaliella microconus (Mousson, 1865) ME 1855 Gunung Batu B Kaliella micula (Mousson, 1857) ME 9650 Gunung Kapor C Kaliella platyconus (Moellendorff, 1897) ME 8814 Gunung Batu D Kaliella scandens (Cox, 1871) ME 1928 Gunung Kapor.