Kalamantania whiteheadi (Godwin Austen 1891)
“I place this next to Helicarion borneensis, not that I think it has any affinity to that genus as restricted, but only in its widest sense; the animal would be a most interesting one to examine, and will probably be found allied to local races, and net having anything in common with forms such as Girasia of the Indian Region, with which the shell outwardly has resemblance.” (Godwin-Austen, 1891)
Godwin-Austen (1891) original descriptions on Helicarion(?) whiteheadi – “Shell depressedly globose, tumid, slight subangulation on periphery, not perforate; sculpture coarse, a peculiarly wrinkled surface, the lines having a very oblique transverse direction; colour rich umber brown, pale purple and iridescent within the aperture; spire low, rounded on apex; suture impressed; whorls 3½, rapidly increasing, the last much expanded; aperture widely ovate, oblique; peristome thin, not reflected at all on columellar margin, which is subvertical.”
Helicarion(?) whiteheadi – “Size: maj. diam. 35.0, min. 28.0; alt. axis 12.0; breadth of aperture 20.0 millim.” (Godwin-Austen, 1891)
Type locality – “Kina Balu Mountain, altitude not known” leg. J. Whitehead (Godwin-Austen, 1891)
Other locality – “Tenompok, 4.700 feet.” F. N. Chasen and H. M. Pendleburry (Laidlaw, 1937)