Cyclophorus malayanus BOR
Creators: name: Goh, Soo-Mun
name: Jasrul, Dulipat
name: Lee, Mei-Yi
name: Vermeulen, Jaap J.
name: Liew, Thor-Seng
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Architaenioglossa
Cyclophoridae
Cyclophorus
Cyclophorus malayanus

description: Cyclophorus malayanus (W. H. Benson, 1852)
Figs 5 A, 19 A
Material examined.
Malaysia • Penang Hill, The Habitat, Research trail, Plot. 01; 5.4248 ° N, 100.2669 ° E; 720 m a. s. l.; 5 Sept. 2022; T. S. Liew, J. Dulipat, S. M. Goh leg.; BOR/MOL 15163 • Penang Hill, The Habitat, Habitat nature trail, Plot. 04; 5.4231 ° N, 100.2668 ° E; 770 m a. s. l.; 5 Sept. 2022; T. S. Liew, J. Dulipat, S. M. Goh leg.; BOR/MOL 15119 • Penang Hill, The Habitat, Habitat nature trail, Plot. 05; 5.4228 ° N, 100.2653 ° E; 770 m a. s. l.; 5 Sept. 2022; T. S. Liew, J. Dulipat, S. M. Goh leg.; BOR/MOL 15126 • Penang Hill, The Habitat, Research trail, Plot. 06; 5.4247 ° N, 100.2674 ° E; 750 m a. s. l.; 5 Sept. 2022; T. S. Liew, J. Dulipat, S. M. Goh, M. Y. Lee, M. Y. Wua leg.; BOR/MOL 15140 • Penang Hill, The Habitat, Habitat nature trail, Plot. 08; 5.4223 ° N, 100.2648 ° E; 760 m a. s. l.; 6 Sept. 2022; J. Dulipat, S. M. Goh, M. Y. Lee leg.; BOR/MOL 15099 • Penang Hill, Moon Gate Station 5 trail, Plot. 11; 5.4341 ° N, 100.2921 ° E; 110 m a. s. l.; 7 Sept. 2022; T. S. Liew, J. Dulipat, S. M. Goh leg.; BOR/MOL 15100 • same data as for preceding; BOR/MOL 15101 • same data as for preceding; BOR/MOL 15152 • Penang Hill, Botanical garden, Plot. 12; 5.4396 ° N, 100.2860 ° E; 85 m a. s. l.; 4 Sept. 2022; T. S. Liew, J. Dulipat, S. M. Goh leg.; BOR/MOL 15091 • Penang Hill, Teluk Bahang, Taman Rimba Teluk Bahang, Trail, Simpang 6, Plot. 16; 5.4429 ° N, 100.2212 ° E; 120 m a. s. l.; 21 Oct. 2022; T. S. Liew, J. Dulipat, M. Y. Lee leg.; BOR/MOL 15221 • same data as for preceding; BOR/MOL 15273 • Penang Hill, Teluk Bahang-Balik Pulau, Entrance of a durian farm, near Boulder Valley, Old rubber tree, Plot. 17; 5.418 ° N, 100.2159 ° E; 180 m a. s. l.; 22 Oct. 2022; T. S. Liew, J. Dulipat leg.; BOR/MOL 15222 • same data as for preceding; BOR/MOL 15278 • Penang Hill, Teluk Bahang- Balik Pulau, Bukit Kerajaan ForestReserve next to Lam durian farm, Plot. 20; 5.4199 ° N, 100.2265 ° E; 330 m a. s. l.; 23 Oct. 2022; T. S. Liew, J. Dulipat, M. Y. Lee leg.; BOR/MOL 15281 • Penang Hill, Air Itam, Forest near Dam, Plot. 24; 5.3904 ° N, 100.2612 ° E; 380 m a. s. l.; 24 Oct. 2022; T. S. Liew, J. Dulipat leg.; BOR/MOL 15219 • same data as for preceding; BOR/MOL 15232 • same data as for preceding; BOR/MOL 15289 • Penang Hill, Air Itam, Forest near Dam, Plot. 25; 5.3900 ° N, 100.2575 ° E; 290 m a. s. l.; 25 Oct. 2022; T. S. Liew, J. Dulipat leg.; BOR/MOL 15295 • Penang Hill, Air Itam, Forest near Dam, Plot. 26; 5.3977 ° N, 100.2612 ° E; 290 m a. s. l.; 25 Oct. 2022; T. S. Liew, J. Dulipat leg.; BOR/MOL 15240 • same data as for preceding; BOR/MOL 15296 • Penang Hill, Trail - Moniot Road East, Plot. 28; 5.4240 ° N, 100.2746 ° E; 530 m a. s. l.; 26 Oct. 2022; T. S. Liew, J. Dulipat leg.; BOR/MOL 15298 • Penang Hill, Botanical garden, Plot. 29; 5.4400 ° N, 100.2866 ° E; 75 m a. s. l.; 2 Feb. 2023; T. S. Liew, M. Y. Lee, A. Yusni leg.; BOR/MOL 15729 • same data as for preceding; BOR/MOL 15766 • Penang Hill, Moniot trail, Plot. 32; 5.4165 ° N, 100.2574 ° E; 695 m a. s. l.; 4 Feb. 2023; T. S. Liew, A. Yusni leg.; BOR/MOL 15769 • Penang Hill, By Path H, Plot. 33; 5.4210 ° N, 100.2701 ° E; 610 m a. s. l.; 4 Feb. 2023; T. S. Liew, A. Yusni leg.; BOR/MOL 15730 • Penang Hill, Path B, Random 1. PathB; 5.4216 ° N, 100.2674 ° E; 730 m a. s. l.; 4 Sept. 2022; T. S. Liew, J. Dulipat leg.; BOR/MOL 15103 • same data as for preceding; BOR/MOL 15107 • same data as for preceding; BOR/MOL 15149.
Remarks.
One of the most common large land snails at Penang Hill, with a shell width of up to 45 mm. It is also known from other localities in the northern part of Peninsular Malaysia. This species can be found in Perak as well (Foon et al. 2017).
description: Published as part of Goh, Soo-Mun, Jasrul, Dulipat, Lee, Mei-Yi, Vermeulen, Jaap J. & Liew, Thor-Seng, 2025, From 153 - year-old records to contemporary discoveries: land snail (Mollusca, Gastropoda) diversity in Penang Hill, Malaysia, pp. 99-154 in ZooKeys 1230 on pages 99-154, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1230.136906