Microcystina Penang sp. 4

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, ZooKeys 1230, pp. 99-154 : 99-154

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1230.136906

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0FBF41B0-1D35-4A31-9653-B1F475FBDF80

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14977470

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Microcystina Penang sp. 4
status

 

Microcystina Penang sp. 4

Fig. 9 B View Figure 9

Material examined.

Malaysia • Penang Hill, The Habitat, Research trail, Plot. 03 ; 5.4226 ° N, 100.2645 ° E; 750 m a. s. l.; 5 Sept. 2022; T. S. Liew, J. Dulipat, S. M. Goh leg.; BOR/MOL 15462 GoogleMaps Penang Hill, Botanical garden, Plot. 12 ; 5.4396 ° N, 100.2860 ° E; 85 m a. s. l.; 4 Sept. 2022; T. S. Liew, J. Dulipat, S. M. Goh leg.; BOR/MOL 15463 GoogleMaps Penang Hill, Moniot trail, Plot. 32 ; 5.4165 ° N, 100.2574 ° E; 695 m a. s. l.; 4 Feb. 2023; T. S. Liew, A. Yusni leg.; BOR/MOL 15755 GoogleMaps .

Remarks.

This is a new record for Penang Hill. The shell spire is moderately raised, with a height less than half of the last whorl height. On the upper shell, the apical whorls are smooth, and subsequent whorls have regularly spaced deep radial grooves. This species has the most prominent radial grooves compared to other Microcystina species from Penang Hill. Below the shell, there are regularly spaced, deep, radial grooves that continue from the upper shell.

Gallery Image

Figure 9. A Microcystina Penang sp. 2 BOR / MOL 15458 B Microcystina Penang sp. 4 BOR / MOL 15755 C Microcystina Penang sp. 5 BOR / MOL 15762 D Microcystina Penang sp. 6 BOR / MOL 15756. Scale bar: 0.5 mm.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

SubClass

Heterobranchia

Order

Stylommatophora

SuperFamily

Helicarionoidea

Family

Ariophantidae

Genus

Microcystina