Opisthoporus biciliatus (Mousson, 1849)
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Opisthoporus biciliatus (Mousson, 1849) |
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Opisthoporus biciliatus (Mousson, 1849) View in CoL Figures 7A View Figure 7 , 46C View Figure 46
Pterocyclos biciliatum Mousson, 1849: 49-50, pl. 20, fig. 9.
Type locality.
“Java” [= Borneo (Metcalfe, 1851)].
Material examined.
Gunung Doya: ME 4744, ME 9144, ME 9192. Gunung Kapor: ME 3723, ME 4742, ME 4746, ME 5973, ME 8073, ME 8460, ME 8754, ME 8757, ME 8777. Lobang Angin: ME 4743, ME 8725, ME 8729, ME 8739, ME 9484. Gunung Batu: ME 4745, ME 4748, ME 8806.
Distribution in Borneo.
Sarawak: Kuching, Samarahan, Serian, and Sibu divisions. Kalimantan: West Kalimantan Province. Endemic to Borneo.
Remarks.
Living snails were observed foraging among leaf litter and plant debris near the cliff in lowland limestone forest. It differs from other Bornean Opisthoporus species by having a moderately large shell, short sutural tube projecting upwards, and long, double, deciduous appendages along the first peripheral ridge and below the periphery that can be seen on a fresh shell.
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Caenogastropoda |
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Opisthoporus biciliatus (Mousson, 1849)
| Marzuki, Mohammad Effendi bin, Liew, Thor-Seng & Mohd-Azlan, Jayasilan 2021 |
Pterocyclos biciliatum
| Mousson 1849 |