Atopos tourannensis ( Souleyet, 1852 )

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.14976216
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scientific name	Atopos tourannensis ( Souleyet, 1852 )
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Atopos tourannensis ( Souleyet, 1852) View in CoL

Figs 18 A View Figure 18 , 22 B View Figure 22

Material examined.

Malaysia • 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 15227 GoogleMaps .

Remarks.

This is a new record for Penang Hill. This species differs from Atopos punctata by having a black mantle with white areas at both ends (head and tail) of the mantle.

References

Collinge WE (1902) On the non-operculate land and freshwater Molluscs collected by the members of the Skeat-Expedition in the Malay Peninsula, 1899 - 1900. The Journal of Malacology 9: 71-95. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/89648#page/253/mode/1up

Souleyet LFA (1852) Tome Deuxieme. Mollusques. In: Eydoux F, Souleyet LFA (1841 - 1852). Voyage autour du monde execute pendant les annees 1836 et 1837 sur la corvette La Bonite. Zoologie. Arthus Bertrand, Paris, 664 pp. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28264738