Publications - update 4

The ariophantid Hemiplecta belerang sp. nov. from South Sumatra is described in this paper. It is compared with its closest congeners, from which it is geographically and reproductively isolated.

Hemiplecta belerang Cilia & Abbas, 2012 - holotype specimen 

Hemiplecta belerang, live animal photographed in type locality

Reference:

Cilia, D. P. & Abbas, J., 2012. A new species of Hemiplecta Albers, 1850 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Ariophantidae) from Sumatra, Indonesia. Biodiversity Journal, 3 (2): 137-144. accessible here

Publications - update 1

A new species of olivid neogastropod from West Java, Agaronia johnabbasi sp. nov., is described according to conchological characters. It is distinguished from congeners by means of its distinctive morphology and colouration.

Agaronia johnabbasi Cilia, 2012 (left specimen). For comparison - Agaronia johnkochi Voskuil, 1990 (middle specimen) and Agaronia nebulosa (Lamarck, 1811) (right specimen). All specimens are from West Java (Pangandaran Bay).

Reference:

Cilia, D. P., 2012. A new Javan species of Agaronia Gray, 1839 (Neogastropoda, Olividae). Novapex, 13 (1): 33-36.

A rare tree snail

From Sumatra, Indonesia - this is original footage one of the rarest tree snails known, Amphidromus (Goniodromus) bulowi Fruhstorfer, 1905 - only rediscovered a century after its original description in 1905 and unfortunately well on its way to extinction.

Video uploaded thanks to Mr. John Abbas.