The land operculate mollusca collected during the 'Skeat expedition' to the Malay peninsula in 1899-1900 / by E.R. Sykes.
- Sykes, Ernest Ruthven, 1867-1954.
- Date:
- 1903
Licence: In copyright
Credit: The land operculate mollusca collected during the 'Skeat expedition' to the Malay peninsula in 1899-1900 / by E.R. Sykes. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![[From the Proceedings oe the Zoological Society of London, 1903, yoI. i.] (Published August 6, 1903.] On the Land Operculate Mollusca collected during the “Skeat Expedition” to the Malay Peninsula in 1899— 1900. By E. R. Sykes, F.Z.S. (Plate XX.1) The species of Land-Mollusks collected by the “Skeat Expedi- tion,” though not very numerous, are of considerable interest on account of the welcome addition made to a fauna which is as yet but little known. They include:— Leptopoma aspirans Benson. Leptopoma aspirans Benson, Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 2, vol. xvii. p. 229. Hob. Biserat, Jalor. It has been recorded from Bukit Pondong and the Kinta Yalley, having been originally described from Tenasserim. Lagochilus kobelti, sp. nov. (Plate XX. figs. 13-15.) Testa modice umbilicata, turbinata, solidula, lirulis numerosis cincta, periostraco brunneo leviter induta; spira conica; anfr. 5|, convexi ; apertura modice obliqua, subcircular is, peri- stomata duplici, incrassatulo et subreflexo, juxta insertionem breviter sed distincte inciso. Alt. 6‘8 ; diam. max. 7*0 millim. Hah. Biserat, Jalor. 1 For explanation of the Plate, see p. 199. [2]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2240644x_0006.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
