I'm having difficulties finding a suitable identification book for terrestrial gastropod (especially slug) in Indonesia. I'm trying to ID my specimens using idtools.org but i cant find any species that match what I found.
*fyi: I'm using Indonesian shell (Dharma, 1992) to identify some snail
Try looking in Vermeulen, J. J. 1996. Land snails. In: Whitten, T. & J. (eds.),
Indonesian Heritage. Wildlife. Archipelago Press, Singapore. Pp. 16-17 to see if there is a good reference or if a chapter in the book that might work.
Other works specific to your area of interest are:
Liew, T.-S., Vermeulen, J. J., Effendi bin Marzuki, M. & Schilthuizen, M. 2014. A Cybertaxonomic Revision of the Micro-Landsnail Genus Plecostoma Adam (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda, Diplommatinidae), from Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Indochina. ZooKeys 393
Raven, H, & Vermeulen, J. J. 2007. Notes on molluscs from NW Borneo and Singapore, 2: A synopsis of the Ellobiidae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata). 34 pp., 12 figs, 6 col pls, br. 4
Some old generalist guides can be useful for identifying the most common species:
Abbott, R. T. 1989. Compendium of Landshells. A full-color guide to more than 2.000 of the world's terrestrial shells.
Parkinson, B., Hemmen, J. & Groh, K. 1987. Tropical Land Shells of the World.
Actually there is a more recent book of same author:
Dharma, B. 2005. Recent & Fossil Indonesian Shells. ConchBooks. 424 pp.
But terrestrial molluscs of Indonesia are one of the least known, for precise identification you often should be familiar with numerous short and broad papers in various journals, like this one:
Schilthuizen, M. & Liew, T. S. (2008): The slugs and semislugs of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo (Gastropoda, Pulmonata: Veronicellidae, Rathouisiidae, Ariophantidae, Limacidae, Philomycidae). – Basteria, 72: 287–306.
If you need some really precise identification it is better to contact some specialist who familiar with material and have publications on molluscs’ taxonomy of Malay Archipelago. Best option is probably to contact one of the authors of this mentioned slug paper.
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