Everettia interior Liew, Schilthuizen & Vermeulen 2009
“Diagnostic characteristics: Shell suture depressed with widely placed spiral grooves.” (Liew et al., 2009)
Liew et al. (2009) descriptions on Everettia interior – “Shell: medium-sized, rather thin, brownish, moderately elevated, outer whorls rounded. Periphery rounded, suture depressed. Above the periphery, shell shiny with widely placed spiral grooves, c. 4–5 per mm, numerous fine spiral striae in between grooves. Below the periphery, shell has fine, densely placed spiral grooves. …number of whorls up to five;…”
“Animal: black bands on either side of the tentacles, which are separated by a white band that occupies the space between the eye tentacles. Black bands extend downward to just below the eye tentacles and backward from the umbilicus region to the end of the tail, downward to the edge of the foot. The mantle is black and covered by crowded tiny brighter spots and followed by regularly spaced radial black bands at the last half whorl.” (Liew et al., 2009)
“Genitalia: maximum length from genital opening to the end of dart-sac (before the visible gland tubules) up to 13 mm. The penis, dart-sac, and vagina with thick muscular walls. Penis, vagina, genital opening, bursa copulatrix, and dart-sac arranged around the short genital atrium, limited space between the openings of each of the genital structures. The bursa copulatrix is short, about one-third of total dart-sac length.” (Liew et al., 2009)
Everettia interior – “Height up to 11.4 mm; width up to 19.7 mm; diameter of the first three whorls 1.0–1.1, 0.9–1.0, and 1.7–1.8 mm, respectively; height aperture up to 8.2 mm; width aperture up to 10.7 mm.” (Liew et al., 2009)
Type locality – “Sabah: Pensiangan District, Sepulut area. Limestone – Batu (4°42’N, 116°36’E)” leg. T. S. Liew, M. Schilthuizen, and S. Chiba/June 25, 2005 (Liew et al., 2009)
Other localities – “Sabah; Sepulut, Senaron cave. 450 m (alt.)” (Liew et al., 2009); “Sabah; Sepulut, Batu Temurung” (Liew et al., 2009); “Sabah; Sepulut, Batu Sinobang, 450 m (alt.)” (Liew et al., 2009); “Sabah; Sepulut, Batu Punggul” leg. Vermeulen (Liew et al., 2009); “Sabah; Sepulut, Pun Batu” (Liew et al., 2009); “Sabah; Sepulut, Batu Pungiton” (Liew et al., 2009); “Sabah; Sepulut, Batu Tinangas” (Liew et al., 2009); “Sabah; Sepulut, Kg. Labang” (Liew et al., 2009); “Sabah; Sepulut, Batu Temurung” (Liew et al., 2009)
“Distribution; Sabah: Sapulut area.” (Liew et al., 2009)
“Habitat: Primary forest.” (Liew et al., 2009)