Rediscovery of Ellobium scheepmakeri (Petit De La Saussaye, 1850) (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Ellobiidae), a rare ellobiid in Bukit Belimbing mangrove forest,Peninsular Malaysia |
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| Authors: | Mohamad Hanif Ismail Rosli Ramli A Sasekumar |
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| Institution: | Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
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| Abstract: | The ellobiid Ellobium scheepmakeri (Petit de la Saussaye, 1850) is reported from the banks of the Selangor River estuary, 57 years after it was first collected in Peninsular Malaysia. It was found in abundance under logs in the dryland mangrove forest of a dominantly Nypa swamp at the upper reaches of the Kuala Selangor estuary where sediment pore water salinity was recorded at 6–7 ppt. |
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| Keywords: | Conservation ellobiids Ellobioidea mangroves Pulmonata South East Asia |
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