Clathrorthalicus corydon
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Ordo: Stylommatophora
Familia: Orthalicidae
Genus: Clathrorthalicus
Name
Clathrorthalicus corydon (Crosse, 1869) comb. n. – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Bulimus corydon Crosse 1869[1]: 185; Crosse 1870[2]: 104, pl. 6 fig. 6.
- Plekocheilus corydon; Richardson 1995[3]: 308 (references).
- Plekocheilus (Eurytus) corydon; Breure and Borrero 2008[4]: 5; Borrero and Breure 2011[5]: 55.
Type locality
“Quito”.
Type material
MNCN 15.05/8077 (1), MNCN 15.05/13683 (1), MNCN 15.05/21868 (1), syntypes.
Diagnosis
Shell (elongate-)ovate, creamy ground colour with a nubelous pattern of streaks and spots of russet-brown, indistinctly sculptured with growth striae, suture hardly ascending behind the lip, aperture with well expanded and reflexed peristome.
Dimensions
Shell height 32, diameter 23.5 mm.
Distribution
Ecuador, Mindo (Borrero and Breure 2011[5]).
Ecoregion
Northwestern Andean montane forests [NT0145].
Remarks
Crosse did not state on how many specimens his description was based. None of the syntypes found in MNCN correspond exactly with the measurements given by Crosse. However, since no specimens have been located in the MNHN collection, it is assumed that all material was returned by Crosse and is now preserved in Madrid. Breure and Ablett (2015[6]: 39, 45) suggested that this taxon belongs to Clatrorthalicus, and inspection of the MNCN material corroborates this point of view. It may be noted that this species strongly resembles Clathrorthalicus phoebus (Pfeiffer, 1863), and further studies of the variation and distribution of both species are needed to fully assess their taxonomic positions as a synonymy might be involved.
Taxon Treatment
- Breure, A; Avila, V; 2016: Synopsis of Central Andean Orthalicoid land snails (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora), excluding Bulimulidae ZooKeys, (588): 1-199. doi
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Other References
- ↑ Crosse H (1869) Diagnoses molluscorum novorum. Journal de Conchyliologie 17: 183–188.
- ↑ Crosse H (1870) Descriptions des espèces nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 18: 97–109.
- ↑ Richardson C (1995) Bulimulidae: catalog of species. Tryonia 28: i–iii, 1–458.
- ↑ Breure A, Borrero F (2008) An annotated checklist of the land snail family Orthalicidae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Orthalicoidea) in Ecuador, with notes on the distribution of the mainland species. Zootaxa 1768: 1–40.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Borrero F, Breure A (2011) The Amphibulimidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Orthalicoidea) from Colombia and adjacent areas. Zootaxa 3054: 1–59.
- ↑ Breure A, Ablett J (2015) Annotated type catalogue of the Megaspiridae, Orthalicidae, and Simpulopsidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London. ZooKeys 470: 17–143. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.470.8548
