Tanychlamys tersa (Issel, 1874)

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.14976170

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scientific name

Tanychlamys tersa (Issel, 1874)
status

 

Tanychlamys tersa (Issel, 1874) View in CoL

Figs 11 C View Figure 11 , 21 B View Figure 21

Material examined.

Malaysia • Penang Hill, Teluk Bahang- Balik Pulau, Tropical fruit farm, Plot. 14 ; 5.4148 ° N, 100.2187 ° E; 260 m a. s. l.; 21 Oct. 2022; T. S. Liew, J. Dulipat, M. Y. Lee leg.; BOR/MOL 15553 GoogleMaps Penang Hill, Teluk Bahang- Balik Pulau, Tropical fruit farm, Plot. 15 ; 5.4160 ° N, 100.2200 ° E; 250 m a. s. l.; 21 Oct. 2022; T. S. Liew, J. Dulipat, M. Y. Lee leg.; BOR/MOL 15246 GoogleMaps Penang Hill, Air Itam, Forest near Dam, Plot. 24 ; 5.3904 ° N, 100.2612 ° E; 380 m a. s. l.; 24 Oct. 2022; T. S. Liew, J. Dulipat leg.; BOR/MOL 15250 GoogleMaps Penang Hill, Botanical garden, Plot. 29 ; 5.4400 ° N, 100.2866 ° E; 75 m a. s. l.; 2 Feb. 2023; T. S. Liew, M. Y. Lee, A. Yusni leg.; BOR/MOL 15758 GoogleMaps .

Remarks.

This is a new record for Penang Hill. This species is widespread in Malaysia and might have been introduced to this location ( Maassen 2001).

Maassen WJM (2001) A preliminary checklist of the non-marine molluscs of West Malaysia. De Kreukel (extra edition 2001) 2001: 1–155.

Gallery Image

Figure 11. A Tanychlamys Penang sp. 2 BOR / MOL 15759 B Tanychlamys stephoides (Stoliczka, 1873) BOR / MOL 15164 C Tanychlamys tersa (Issel, 1874) BOR / MOL 15533 D Helicarion permolle Stoliczka, 1873 BOR / MOL 15741 E Bradybaena similaris (A. Férussac, 1821) BOR / MOL 15772 F Trichochloritis penangensis (Stoliczka, 1873) BOR / MOL 15291. Scale bars: 1 mm (A – C); 10 mm (D – F).

Gallery Image

Figure 21. A Tanychlamys Penang sp. 2 B Tanychlamys tersa (Issel, 1874) C Helicarion permolle Stoliczka, 1873 D Bradybaena similaris (A. Férussac, 1821) E Vitrinopsis sp. F Vitrinopsis nucleata (Stoliczka, 1873).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

SubClass

Heterobranchia

Order

Stylommatophora

SuperFamily

Helicarionoidea

Family

Ariophantidae

Genus

Tanychlamys