Hypselostoma elephas van Benthem-Jutting, 1950
Elephant trunk snail
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Distribution
near Bukit Tenggek, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
van Benthem-Jutting, W.S.S. 1950. The Malayan species of Boysidia, Paraboysidia, Hypselostoma and Gyliotrachela (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Vertiginidae) with a catalogue of all the species hitherto described. Bulletin of the Raffles Museum 21: 5-47.
Other references:
Clements, R. (2009). Hypselostoma elephas. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T168177A6462664. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T168177A6462664.en. Downloaded on 18 September 2016.
Maassen, W. J. M. (2001). A preliminary checklist of the non-marine molluscs of West-Malaysia. De Kreukal, Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, Amsterdam.
Schilthuizen, M., Liew, T. S., Bin Elahan, B. & Lackman-Ancrenaz, I. 2005. Effects of karst forest degradation on pulmonate and prosobranch land snail communities in Sabah.