Additions to the knowledge of the land snails of Sabah (Malaysia, Borneo), including 48 new species
Author
Vermeulen, Jaap J.
Author
Liew, Thor-Seng
Author
Schilthuizen, Menno
text
ZooKeys
2015
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.531.6097
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.531.6097
1313-2970-531-1
C845838EC9124BD8AB4E07980F91959E
Taxon classification Animalia Stylommatophora Ariophantidae
Family
ARIOPHANTIDAE Godwin Austen
Short description.
Snails or semi-slugs. Shell (very) small to very large, dextral or sinistral, (low-)conical, ellipsoid, lenticular or discoid; semi-slugs with a (partly) reduced shell. Sculpture absent, or inconspicuous (rarely more distinct) spiral and/or radial sculpture present. Aperture without teeth or lamellae, peristome usually thin and not reflected. Umbilicus closed or open, narrow (Family description adapted from Baker (1941), and
Solem (1966)
. In contrast to our earlier paper,
Liew et al. 2009
, we here include the
Dyakiinae
in
Ariophantidae
, rather than treating them as a separate family).
Habitat and distribution.
Generally forest species found on leaf litter and vegetation. Throughout South, East, and Southeast Asia, and Oceania, with a few species circumtropically introduced.