Microcystina sinica (von Moellendorff , 1885)

Foon, Junn Kitt, Clements, Gopalasamy Reuben & Liew, Thor-Seng, 2017, Diversity and biogeography of land snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the limestone hills of Perak, Peninsular Malaysia, ZooKeys 682, pp. 1-94 : 3

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.682.12999

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0AE82225-C67E-4D90-8BBE-C30124E6C312

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Microcystina sinica (von Moellendorff , 1885)
status

 

Microcystina sinica (von Moellendorff, 1885) Figure 20B View Figure 20

Materials examined.

mykarst-184 Bat Cave : BOR/MOL 9886, BOR/MOL 9851, BOR/MOL 9787, BOR/MOL 9823. mykarst-185 Batu Kebelah: BOR/MOL 9757, BOR/MOL 9549. Prk 53 Hill KF: BOR/ MOL 10756 View Materials , BOR/ MOL 10772 View Materials . mykarst-025: BOR/MOL 9398, BOR/MOL 9427, BOR/MOL 9493, BOR/MOL 9518. mykarst-027: BOR/MOL 9455, BOR/MOL 9204. Prk 42 G. Bercham: BOR/MOL 9472, BOR/MOL 9223, BOR/ MOL 10646 View Materials , BOR/ MOL 10648 View Materials . Prk 23 G. Rapat: BOR/ MOL 10222 View Materials , BOR/ MOL 10279 View Materials . Prk 47 Kanthan: BOR/MOL 9192, BOR/MOL 9205. Prk 36 Gua Datok: BOR/ MOL 10073 View Materials , BOR/ MOL 10077 View Materials , BOR/ MOL 10439 View Materials . Prk 64 Bt Kepala Gajah: BOR/ MOL 10194 View Materials . Prk 55 G. Pondok: BOR/ MOL 11595 View Materials , BOR/ MOL 11610 View Materials , BOR/ MOL 11592 View Materials . Prk 34 G. Tasek: BOR/ MOL 11126 View Materials , BOR/ MOL 11201 View Materials . Prk 01 G. Tempurung: BOR/ MOL 11437 View Materials , BOR/ MOL 11453 View Materials , BOR/ MOL 11452 View Materials , BOR/ MOL 11454 View Materials .

Distribution.

In Peninsular Malaysia, known from Perak only ( Maassen 2001). Elsewhere, south China and island Southeast Asia to western New Guinea ( Vermeulen et al. 2015).

Remarks.

Very small shell. Easily distinguished from congeners by its brown shell, domed spire, tight whorls, fine spiral lines and dark brown suture line.