Amphidromus cf. similis Pilsbry, 1900

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

Amphidromus cf. similis Pilsbry, 1900 Figures 31F , 53A

Amphidromus perversus form similis Pilsbry, 1900: 150, pl. 51, fig. 52.

Type locality.

"Sadong, West Sarawak".

Material examined.

Gunung Doya: ME 8918, ME 8923. Gunung Kapor: ME 3724, ME 4160, ME 4595, ME 4596, ME 4597, ME 5970, ME 8076, ME 8752, ME 8756, ME 9242. Gunung Batu: ME 4599.

Distribution in Borneo.

Sarawak: Kuching Division. Endemic to Borneo.

Remarks.

The shells from Bau are different from Pilsbry’s Amphidromus similis in having a shell with a translucent white callus and parietal wall.

Figures

Figure 31. A Bradybaena similaris (Ferussac, 1821) ME 4906 Gunung Batu B Chloritis tomentosa (L. Pfeiffer, 1854) ME 8917 Gunung Doya C Landouria winteriana (L. Pfeiffer, 1842) ME 8078 Gunung Kapor D Ganesella acris (Benson, 1859) ME 8963 Gunung Kapor E Amphidromus angulatus Fulton, 1896 ME 4632 Gunung Kapor F Amphidromus cf. similis Pilsbry, 1900 ME 8756 Gunung Kapor.

Figure 53. Living snails from Bau A Amphidromus cf. similis Pilsbry, 1900 ME 8756 Gunung Kapor B Ganesella acris (Benson, 1859) ME 8977 Lobang Angin C Rhinocochlis nasuta (Metcalfe, 1851) ME 8885 Lobang Angin. All not to scale.