Acmella polita
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Specific Epithetpolita Mollendorff, 1887
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ResidentialNative
Description
Acmella polita is a land snail species belongs to the family Assimineidae. The shell is very small but it is the largest Acmella species in Sabah, measuring approximately 1.95-4.50 mm in height and 1.40-3.00 mm in width. The shell is rather thick, hardly translucent and white colour. It occurs in primary and secondary forest on limestone bedrock, and caves, at an elevation range between 0–500 m. It distributed in Malaysia (Sabah), Kalimantan and Philippines (Vermeulen & Liew, 2022).
Biodiversity Experts
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Aileen Tan Shau Hwai (Prof. Dato' Dr.)
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
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Molluscs,
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conservation, Ecosystems, Environment, Marine & Coastal, Science, Digital Sequence Information (DSI), Living Modified Organism (LMO), Synthetic Biology, Protected Areas & Invasive Alien Species
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Aziz Bin Arshad (Prof. Dr.)
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
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Fishes (Taxonomy), Crustaceans (Taxonomy), Fishes (Ecology), Crustaceans (Ecology), Molluscs (Ecology),
Biodiversity, Conservation & Marine & Coastal
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Liew Thor Seng (Dr.)
Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS)
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Insects, Molluscs,
Biodiversity, Data Analysis, Conservation, Ecosystems, Evolution & Genetics
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Siti Azizah Mohd Nor (Prof. Dr.)
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
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Crustaceans, Fishes, Molluscs,
Biodiversity, Conservation, Ecosystems, Marine & Coastal & Molecular
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Syaizwan Zahmir Zulkifli (Dr.)
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
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Birds (Ecology), Fishes (Ecology), Molluscs (Ecology),
Biodiversity, Conservation, Ecosystems, Marine & Coastal & Water
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References
- Liew, T.S. & Foon, J.K. (2022). An Introduction to the Land Snails and Slugs of Malaysia. Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM), Malaysia. pp. 90. — [ Adobe PDF (PDF) ]
- Vermeulen, J.J. & Liew, T.S. (2022). Land snails and slugs of Sabah and Labuan (Malaysia). Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu. pp. iii–x, 1–432.
Acknowledgements :- Mr. Abdul Razak Mohd Nor Rasid, Mr. Badrul Amin Bin Jaffar, Ms. Nur Farahin Binti Mustafa & Mr. Tan Kok Kiat
Photo credit :- Liew Thor Seng
Species Citation :- Acmella polita. Malaysia Biodiversity Information System (MyBIS). Accessed via https://www.mybis.gov.my/sp/67951. [Retrieved 25 March 2023].
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