A review of the land snail genus Alycaeus (Gastropoda, Alycaeidae) in Peninsular Malaysia.

ABSTRACT: A total of 11 species and 1 subspecies of Alycaeus were recognised in Peninsular Malaysia prior to this study. However, these taxonomic descriptions of Alycaeus taxa were based on limited numbers of examined materials, where a whole spectrum of morphological variations were not accounted for and diagnoses were often provided without sufficient comparison between congeners from across the peninsula. We reviewed Peninsular Malaysian Alycaeus through the examination of 5137 specimens in 522 collection lots from all major museum collections and literature sources. Based on these examined materials, we utilised a more comprehensive revised set of 39 shell and operculum characters, as well as living animal colour to describe all Alycaeus species in this paper. We also

SUBMITTER: Foon JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5672734 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature