Kaliella Penang sp. 5

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.14977491

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Kaliella Penang sp. 5
status

 

Kaliella Penang sp. 5

Fig. 15 A View Figure 15

Material examined.

Malaysia • 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 15564 GoogleMaps .

Remarks.

This is a new record for Penang Hill. The shell is flat conical with an angular periphery adorned with a visible spiral thread above the suture of the penultimate whorl. Teleoconch with elevated radial ribs above periphery that transition to densely placed radial ribs on the subsequent whorls. Below periphery with dense radial ribs continuing from above and transitioning to spaced spiral grooves that diminish towards the umbilicus.

Gallery Image

Figure 15. A Kaliella Penang sp. 5 BOR / MOL 15564 B Kaliella scandens (J. C. Cox, 1872) BOR / MOL 15476. Scale bar: 0.5 mm.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

SubClass

Heterobranchia

Order

Stylommatophora

SuperFamily

Trochomorphoidea

Family

Chronidae

Genus

Kaliella