Vitrinopsis sp.

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
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14976968
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scientific name	Vitrinopsis sp.
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Vitrinopsis sp.

Figs 16 A View Figure 16 , 21 E View Figure 21

Material examined.

Malaysia • 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 15120 GoogleMaps • Penang Hill, Path B, Random 1. PathB ; 5.4216 ° N, 100.2674 ° E; 730 m a. s. l.; 4 Sept. 2022; T. S. Liew, J. Dulipat leg.; BOR/MOL 15108 GoogleMaps .

Remarks.

This is a new record for Penang Hill. This species differs from Vitrinopsis nucleata by having fewer than two whorls on the shell.

References

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 16. A Vitrinopsis sp. BOR / MOL 15108 B Vitrinopsis nucleata (Stoliczka, 1873) BOR / MOL 15238 & BOR / MOL 15233. Scale bar: 10 mm.

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).