Affiliations 

  • 1 Taxon Expeditions, Leiden, Netherlands Taxon Expeditions Leiden Netherlands
  • 2 Faculty of Science & Institute for Biodiversity and Environmental Research University Brunei Darussalam, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Faculty of Science & Institute for Biodiversity and Environmental Research University Brunei Darussalam Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei
  • 3 Forestry Department, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Forestry Department Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei
  • 4 University of Verona, Verona, Italy University of Verona Verona Italy
Biodivers Data J, 2020;8:e47484.
PMID: 32132859 DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.8.e47484

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.

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