Clathrorthalicus magnificus
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Ordo: Stylommatophora
Familia: Orthalicidae
Genus: Clathrorthalicus
Name
Clathrorthalicus magnificus (Pfeiffer, 1848) – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Achatina magnifica Pfeiffer 1848a[1]: 232; Breure and Ablett 2015[2]: 38, figs 7i–ii, L11iv.
- Hemibulimus magnificus; Richardson 1993[3]: 71 (references).
- Hemibulimus (Hemibulimus) magnificus; Breure and Borrero 2008[4]: 29.
Type locality
“Quito, Ecuador”.
Type material
NHMUK 20100508, two syntypes.
Diagnosis
Shell very thin, ground colour creamy-pink with somewhat undulating, axial streaks of brown and on the last whorl two spiral bands with arrow-like (<<) blotches, aperture elongate-ovate, with truncate-sprouted base, very thin and simple peristome.
Dimensions
Shell height 46.6, diameter 23.0 mm.
Distribution
Ecuador, without precise locality.
Remarks
This species is only known by the type material, which may prove to be subadult as the aperture is not rounded and the peristome not expanded like in the other two species.
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
- ↑ Pfeiffer L (1848a) Description of nineteen new species of land-shells, in the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1847): 229–232.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Richardson C (1993) Bulimulacea: catalog of species. Amphibulimidae, Anadromidae, Grangerellidae, Odontostomidae, Orthalicidae. Tryonia 27: 1–164.
- ↑ 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.
