Published March 5, 2025 | Version v1

Opisthoporus penangensis Stoliczka 1872

  • 1. Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
  • 2. School of Biological Science, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
  • 3. jk. artandscience, Lauwerbes 8, 2318 AT, Leiden, Netherlands

Description

Opisthoporus penangensis Stoliczka, 1872

Fig. 6 A

Material examined.

Malaysia • Penang Hill, Teluk Bahang, Taman Rimba Teluk Bahang, Trail, Simpang 6, Plot. 16; 5.4429 ° N, 100.2212 ° E; 120 m a. s. l.; 21 Oct. 2022; T. S. Liew, J. Dulipat, M. Y. Lee leg.; BOR/MOL 15275.

Remarks.

Originally described from base of Penang Hill (Stoliczka 1872) and recorded in only one plot of this study. This species has also been recorded in the northern part of Peninsular Malaysia and southern Thailand (Maassen 2001; Foon et al. 2017).

Notes

Published as part of Goh, Soo-Mun, Jasrul, Dulipat, Lee, Mei-Yi, Vermeulen, Jaap J. & Liew, Thor-Seng, 2025, From 153 - year-old records to contemporary discoveries: land snail (Mollusca, Gastropoda) diversity in Penang Hill, Malaysia, pp. 99-154 in ZooKeys 1230 on pages 99-154, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1230.136906

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
T
Material sample ID
BOR/MOL 15275
Event date
2022-10-21
Verbatim event date
2022-10-21
Scientific name authorship
Stoliczka
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Order
Architaenioglossa
Family
Cyclophoridae
Genus
Opisthoporus
Species
penangensis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Opisthoporus penangensis Stoliczka, 1872 sec. Goh, Jasrul, Lee, Vermeulen & Liew, 2025

References

  • Stoliczka F (1872) On the land shells of Penang Island, with descriptions of the animals and anatomical notes; part first, Cyclostomacea. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 41: 261-271. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/114229#page/271/mode/1up
  • Stoliczka F (1872) On the land shells of Penang Island, with descriptions of the animals and anatomical notes; part first, Cyclostomacea. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 41: 261–271. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/114229#page/271/mode/1up
  • Maassen WJM (2001) A preliminary checklist of the non-marine molluscs of West Malaysia. De Kreukel (extra edition 2001) 2001: 1–155.
  • Foon JK, Clements GR, Liew TS (2017) Diversity and biogeography of land snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the limestone hills of Perak, Peninsular Malaysia. ZooKeys 682: 1–94. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.682.12999