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
Taxon Expeditions, Leiden, Netherlands Taxon Expeditions Leiden Netherlands.
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, Netherlands Naturalis Biodiversity Center Leiden Netherlands.
Biodivers Data J. 2020 Feb 20;8:e47484. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.8.e47484. eCollection 2020.
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.
On a field course at Kuala Belalong Field Studies Centre in Brunei Darussalam (Borneo), a new caenogastropod species, belonging to the genus , was discovered by the course participants. The participants decided to name the species 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.