Additions to the knowledge of the land snails of Sabah (Malaysia, Borneo), including 48 new species
Vermeulen, Jaap J.
Liew, Thor-Seng
Schilthuizen, Menno
ZooKeys
2015
531
1
139
BFZN3
Fischer & Crosse
Subulinidae
92
93
family
Taxonclassification Animalia Stylommatophora Subulinidae
Short description. Snails. Shell small to very large, dextral (rarely sinistral), narrowly conical to cylindrical and more or less tapering towards the apex. Sculpture absent, or inconspicuous, radial riblets with usually subordinate spiral striation; rarely spiral keels present. Aperture without teeth or lamellae, peristome thin, not reflected. Umbilicus closed or open, narrow (Family description adapted from on Abbott 1989; Herbert and Kilburn 2004).
Habitat and distribution. Scavengers of soil and litter. Globally distributed in the tropics and subtropics.