Platyrhaphe linita (Godwin-Austen, 1889)

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

Platyrhaphe linita (Godwin-Austen, 1889) Figures 7E , 47B

Cyclotus linitus Godwin-Austen, 1889: 345, pl. 36, fig. 3.

Type locality.

"Busan Hills, Borneo" [= Jambusan Hills, Bau, Sarawak].

Material examined.

Gunung Doya: ME 9700, ME 8908, ME 9094, ME 9175. Gunung Batu: ME 0881, ME 0882.

Distribution in Borneo.

Sarawak: Kuching and Serian divisions. Endemic to Borneo.

Remarks.

This species is one of only four species of Platyrhaphe described from Borneo and the only one recorded from Sarawak. Living snails were observed foraging among leaf litter and plant debris near the cliff in lowland limestone forest. The shell is always covered with thick dirt.

Figures

Figure 7. A Opisthophorus biciliatus (Mousson, 1849) ME 8754 Gunung Kapor B Opisthophorus birostris (L. Pfeiffer, 1854) ME 8758 Gunung Kapor C Opisthophorus cavernae (Godwin-Austen, 1889) ME 8904 Gunung Doya D Opisthophorus euryomphalus (L. Pfeiffer, 1856) ME 8779 Gunung Kapor E Platyrhaphe linita (Godwin-Austen, 1889) ME 0881 Gunung Batu F Pterocyclos tenuilabiatus (Metcalfe, 1851) ME 5910 Gunung Batu.

Figure 47. Living snails from Bau A Cyclophorus perdix borneensis (Metcalfe, 1851) ME 8753 Gunung Kapor B Platyrhaphe linita (Godwin-Austen, 1889) ME 9700 Gunung Doya C Stomacosmethis sadongensis (E. A. Smith, 1895) ME 8761 Gunung Kapor D Pincerna globosa (H. Adams, 1870) ME 8749 Lobang Angin. All not to scale.