Lissachatina fulica (Bowdich, 1822)

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.14976150

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/721EBD42-328D-5A6D-B72D-E1C1125D8FFB

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scientific name

Lissachatina fulica (Bowdich, 1822)
status

 

Lissachatina fulica (Bowdich, 1822) View in CoL

Figs 7 E View Figure 7 , 20 A View Figure 20

Material examined.

Malaysia • Penang Hill, The Habitat, Habitat nature trail, Plot. 04 ; 5.4231 ° N, 100.2668 ° E; 770 m a. s. l.; 5 Sept. 2022; T. S. Liew, J. Dulipat, S. M. Goh leg.; BOR/MOL 15486 GoogleMaps Penang Hill, The Habitat, Habitat nature trail, Plot. 05 ; 5.4228 ° N, 100.2653 ° E; 770 m a. s. l.; 5 Sept. 2022; T. S. Liew, J. Dulipat, S. M. Goh leg.; BOR/MOL 15131 GoogleMaps same data as for preceding; BOR/MOL 15195 GoogleMaps Penang Hill, The Habitat, Habitat nature trail, Plot. 07 ; 5.4210 ° N, 100.2642 ° E; 760 m a. s. l.; 6 Sept. 2022; T. S. Liew, J. Dulipat, S. M. Goh, M. Y. Lee leg.; BOR/MOL 15088 GoogleMaps same data as for preceding; MOL 15147 GoogleMaps same data as for preceding; BOR/MOL 15423 GoogleMaps Penang Hill, Teluk Bahang- Balik Pulau, Lam durian farm, Plot. 13 ; 5.4198 ° N, 100.2259 ° E; 290 m a. s. l.; 21 Oct. 2022; T. S. Liew, J. Dulipat, M. Y. Lee leg.; BOR/MOL 15271 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 15272 GoogleMaps Penang Hill, Teluk Bahang-Balik Pulau, Entrance of a durian farm, near Boulder Valley, Old rubber tree, Plot. 17 ; 5.418 ° N, 100.2159 ° E; 180 m a. s. l.; 22 Oct. 2022; T. S. Liew, J. Dulipat leg.; BOR/MOL 15412 GoogleMaps Penang Hill, Teluk Bahang- Balik Pulau, Lam durian farm, Plot. 19 ; 5.4218 ° N, 100.2263 ° E; 280 m a. s. l.; 23 Oct. 2022; T. S. Liew, J. Dulipat, M. Y. Lee leg.; BOR/MOL 15230 GoogleMaps same data as for preceding; BOR/MOL 15283 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 15731 GoogleMaps Penang Hill, By Path H, Plot. 33 ; 5.4210 ° N, 100.2701 ° E; 610 m a. s. l.; 4 Feb. 2023; T. S. Liew, A. Yusni leg.; BOR/MOL 15727 GoogleMaps .

Remarks.

New record for Penang Hill. This species was likely introduced to Malaysia as earlier as 1911 in Kedah, and 1922 in Penang ( South 1926; Berry and Chan 1968). A widespread introduced species in Malaysia.

Gallery Image

Figure 7. A Pupina aureola Stoliczka, 1872 BOR / MOL 15225 B Rhaphaulus lorraini L. Pfeiffer, 1856 BOR / MOL 15285 C Allopeas clavulinum (Potiez & Michaud, 1838) BOR / MOL 15419 D Allopeas gracile (T. Hutton, 1834) BOR / MOL 15547 E Lissachatina fulica (Bowdich, 1822) BOR / MOL 15195 F Subulina octona (Bruguière, 1789) BOR / MOL 15545. Scale bars: 5 mm (A – C, D, F); 10 mm (E).

Gallery Image

Figure 20. A Lissachatina fulica (Bowdich, 1822) B Oospira penangensis (Stoliczka, 1873) C Hemiplecta cymatium (L. Pfeiffer, 1856) D Parmarion martensi Simroth, 1893 E Tanychlamys indica (Godwin Austen, 1883) F Tanychlamys Penang sp. 1.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

SubClass

Heterobranchia

Order

Stylommatophora

SuperFamily

Achatinoidea

Family

Achatinidae

Genus

Lissachatina