Bradybaena similaris (A. Férussac, 1821), BOR

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.14976179
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scientific name	Bradybaena similaris (A. Férussac, 1821)
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Figs 11 E View Figure 11 , 21 D View Figure 21

Material examined.

Malaysia • Penang Hill, Along Jalan Tunku Yahya Petra, Random 6.; 5.4225 ° N, 100.2662 ° E; 730 m a. s. l.; 20 Jun. 2023; T. S. Liew leg.; BOR / MOL 15772 GoogleMaps .

Remarks.

This species was found by Stoliczka (1873) from Penang Hill. It is an introduced species and, as noted by Stoliczka (1873), it was only found in cocoa and palm plantations at the foothills and was not encountered in the forest. Similar observations were also made in this study.

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 11. A Tanychlamys Penang sp. 2 BOR / MOL 15759 B Tanychlamys stephoides (Stoliczka, 1873) BOR / MOL 15164 C Tanychlamys tersa (Issel, 1874) BOR / MOL 15533 D Helicarion permolle Stoliczka, 1873 BOR / MOL 15741 E Bradybaena similaris (A. Férussac, 1821) BOR / MOL 15772 F Trichochloritis penangensis (Stoliczka, 1873) BOR / MOL 15291. Scale bars: 1 mm (A – C); 10 mm (D – F).

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).