Oospira penangensis ( Stoliczka, 1873 )

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

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scientific name	Oospira penangensis ( Stoliczka, 1873 )
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Oospira penangensis ( Stoliczka, 1873) View in CoL

Figs 8 A View Figure 8 , 20 B View Figure 20

Material examined.

Malaysia • 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 15223 GoogleMaps • Penang Hill, Air Itam, Forest near Dam, Plot. 25 ; 5.3900 ° N, 100.2575 ° E; 290 m a. s. l.; 25 Oct. 2022; T. S. Liew, J. Dulipat leg.; BOR/MOL 15224 GoogleMaps • Penang Hill, Trail - Moniot Road East, Plot. 28 ; 5.4240 ° N, 100.2746 ° E; 530 m a. s. l.; 26 Oct. 2022; T. S. Liew, J. Dulipat leg.; BOR/MOL 15243 GoogleMaps .

Remark.

This species was described and recorded by Stoliczka (1873) from Penang Hill, and it can also be found in Perak ( Maassen 2001).

References

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

Stoliczka F (1873) On the land shells of Penang Island, with descriptions of the animals and anatomical notes; part second, Helicacea. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 42: 11-38. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35546163#page/25/mode/1up

Stoliczka F (1873) On the land shells of Penang Island, with descriptions of the animals and anatomical notes; part second, Helicacea. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 42: 11–38. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35546163#page/25/mode/1up

Figures

Figure 8. A Oospira penangensis (Stoliczka, 1873) BOR / MOL 15243 B Prosopeas tchehelense (de Morgan, 1885) BOR / MOL 15162 C Hemiplecta cymatium (L. Pfeiffer, 1856) BOR / MOL 15736 D Microcystina Penang sp. 1 BOR / MOL 15754. Scale bars: 10 mm (A – C); 0.5 mm (D).

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.