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Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 109605
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Created: 2021-06-07 13:34:16 - User Delsing Jan
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Material seen. — SABAH. Tawau Zone: G. Baturong, 50 km WSW. of Lahad Datu (leg. Dorman, UF 196784/>10; do. 196793/>10; do. 196817/>10; V 1837/>10, HOLOTYPE RMNH 56917).
Spire conical with about flat sides. Apex (slightly) oblique. Whorls 5 3/8-6 3/8, convex; last whorl rounded. Constriction with a parietalis, a longitudinal and a transverse palatalis, a columellaris, a knob- to ridge-shaped transverse basalis that is sometimes fused to the columellaris. Tuba gradually narrowed towards the constriction, rounded or slightly angular below. Radial ribs moderately to widely spaced (3-6 ribs/0.5 mm on the penultimate whorl, 3-5 ribs/0.5 mm half-way the tuba), (hardly) sinuous, those close to the tuba not sinuous; those on the tuba not or slightly sinuous below. Spiral striation present, often inconspicuous. Umbilicus open, 0.15-0.25 mm across. Aperture tilted up to 30° with regard to the coiling axis, subrectangular to subtriangular. Peristome almost touching the spire or distant from it, double; outer peristome (somewhat) spreading beyond the inner, but gradually narrowed towards, and absent along the right side of the aperture, with an inconspicuous to distinct edge or a small projection along the left side and a (moderately) distinct edge or small, obtuse (rounded but not widely so) projection along the upper side; inner peristome protruding from the outer, spreading. Spire: height 1.6-2.3 mm; width 1.2-1.5 mm; index 1.2-1.7. Total width 2.0-2.7 mm. Height and width aperture 0.5-0.6 mm. Distribution. — Borneo: Sabah, Tawau Zone, G. Baturong.
Notes. — Well characterized by the two small projections on the outer peristome, along the left and upper side of the aperture. The name refers to this character.
Vermeulen, J.J., 1994. Notes on the non-marine molluscs of the island of Borneo 6. The genus Opisthostoma (Gastropoda Prosobranchia: Diplommatinidae), part 2