SNAILS FROM JAMBUSAN - BAU AREA
Snails need calcium carbonate (limestone) to build their shells. There is a high concentration of snails & slugs in this area. Hence, you can find different species of beautiful snails in this area. Some are endemic species to Borneo only.
Green rhino snail, Rhinocochlis nasuta
Rhinocochlis nasuta is an endemic species of Borneo.
Beautiful snail!!!
Close-up picture. Take note there is a "horn" developed from the shell; hence it is called Rhinocochlis.
Videna sp. (Family name = Trochomorphidae)
Videna sp. (side view)
Videna sp.
Unidentified species. Very tiny snail, length of shell around 0.5cm.
Leptopoma sp. (probably Leptopoma sericatum (Pfeiffer, 1851) )
Leptopoma sp. (Family name = Cyclophoridae )
Unidentified species.
The arrow is pointing at a unique apparatus of snail, probably to polish the shell & prevent something from growing on it ????
Unidentified species.
Slug.
