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

Abstract. BACKGROUND: 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....

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Autores principales: 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
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7046707/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32132859
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e47484
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Sumario:Abstract. BACKGROUND: 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. NEW INFORMATION: On a field course at Kuala Belalong Field Studies Centre in Brunei Darussalam (Borneo), a new caenogastropod species, belonging to the genus Craspedotropis, was discovered by the course participants. The participants decided to name the species Craspedotropis gretathunbergae 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.