Craspedotropis gretathunbergae , a new species of Cyclophoridae (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda), discovered and described on a field course to Kuala Belalong rainforest, Brunei

Terrestrial Caenogastropoda form an important but threatened component of the Borneo tropical rainforest malacofauna, where the group is nearly as rich in species as the Stylommatophora. They are, however, more sensitive to drought, temperature extremes and forest degradation. On a field course at K...

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Veröffentlicht in:Biodiversity data journal 2020-02, Vol.8, p.e47484-10
Hauptverfasser: Schilthuizen, Menno, Lim, Jonathan P, van Peursen, Anthonie D P, Alfano, Massimiliano, Jenging, Awang Bikas, Cicuzza, Daniele, Escoubas, Alexandre, Escoubas, Pierre, Grafe, Ulmar, Ja, Jamil, Koomen, Peter, Krotoski, Aleks, Lavezzari, Denise, Lim, Laura, Maarschall, Rudie, Slik, Ferry, Steele, Derek, Ting, Dennis Teck Wah, van Zeeland, Ine, Njunjić, Iva
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Zusammenfassung:Terrestrial Caenogastropoda form an important but threatened component of the Borneo tropical rainforest malacofauna, where the group is nearly as rich in species as the Stylommatophora. They are, however, more sensitive to drought, temperature extremes and forest degradation. On a field course at Kuala Belalong Field Studies Centre in Brunei Darussalam (Borneo), a new caenogastropod species, belonging to the genus , was discovered by the course participants. The participants decided to name the species n. sp., in honour of the climate change activist Greta Thunberg, as caenogastropod land snails, such as this species, are likely to suffer because of climate change.
ISSN:1314-2828
1314-2836
1314-2828
DOI:10.3897/BDJ.8.e47484