A new species of Kenyirus (Pulmonata Camaenidae) from Peninsular Malaysia

Junn Kitt Foon, . and Tan Siong Kiat, . and Gopalasamy Reuben Clements, . A new species of Kenyirus (Pulmonata Camaenidae) from Peninsular Malaysia. pp. 25-34. ISSN 1823-3902

We describe a new land snail species of the family Camaenidae from the BelumTemengor Forest Complex in the State of Perak Peninsular Malaysia. Kenyirus sheema sp. nov. is compared with its congener Kenyirus sodhii (Clements Tan 2012) which shares similar conchological characteristics such as a depressed apex convex base sub-triangular peristome angulated lip periphery and partiallycovered umbilicus through columellar margin dilation. The shell of the new species differs from K. sodhii by being more globular having rounded whorls with a less prominent peripheral keel and a distinctly rostrate outer lip is absent.

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Abstract

We describe a new land snail species of the family Camaenidae from the BelumTemengor Forest Complex in the State of Perak Peninsular Malaysia. Kenyirus sheema sp. nov. is compared with its congener Kenyirus sodhii (Clements Tan 2012) which shares similar conchological characteristics such as a depressed apex convex base sub-triangular peristome angulated lip periphery and partiallycovered umbilicus through columellar margin dilation. The shell of the new species differs from K. sodhii by being more globular having rounded whorls with a less prominent peripheral keel and a distinctly rostrate outer lip is absent.

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Item Type:	Article
AGROVOC Term:	Snails
AGROVOC Term:	Land snails
AGROVOC Term:	Measurement
AGROVOC Term:	Height
AGROVOC Term:	Diameter
AGROVOC Term:	Shell
AGROVOC Term:	Animal morphology
AGROVOC Term:	Animal biology
AGROVOC Term:	Animal ecology
AGROVOC Term:	New species
Depositing User:	Mr. AFANDI ABDUL MALEK
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2025 00:54
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8043

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