Plekocheilus tenuissimus

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Taxonavigation

Ordo: Stylommatophora
Familia: Amphibulimidae
Genus: Plekocheilus

Name

Plekocheilus tenuissimus Weyrauch, 1967 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile

Type locality

“Ecuador, Tandayapa, en la vertiente oriental del cerro Pichincha, approximadamento 2500 m”.

Type material

FML 3364, holotype.

Diagnosis

Shell relatively small, with hardly convex whorls, the height of the aperture 0.72 total shell height, suture descending in front, but sharply ascending behind the lip, parietal callus pale greenish-brown.

Dimensions

Shell height 27.8, diameter 17.4 mm.

Distribution

Ecuador, Prov. Pichincha, Tandayapa; ?Prov. Carchi, El Laurel (Breure and Borrero 2008[3]).

Ecoregion

Northwestern Andean montane forests [NT0145].

Remarks

This species occurs on the western slope of the Andes in cloud forest. Fig. 85C–D is possibly a living specimen of this species, for which no voucher could be studied.

Taxon Treatment

  • Breure, A; Avila, V; 2016: Synopsis of Central Andean Orthalicoid land snails (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora), excluding Bulimulidae ZooKeys, (588): 1-199. doi

Images

Figure 2. Plekocheilus species. A–C Plekocheilus (Aeropictus) tenuissimus Weyrauch, 1967, holotype FML 3364 (H = 27.8) D Plekocheilus (Eurytus) cardinalis (Pfeiffer, 1853), syntype ZMB 112721 (H = 46.0) E–G Plekocheilus (Eurytus) bruggeni Breure, 1978, holotype NHMUK 1911.11.2.88 (H = 39.0) H–J Plekocheilus (Eurytus) eros (Angas, 1878), lectotype NHMUK 1879.1.21.2 (H = 35.5) K–M Plekocheilus (Eurytus) tricolor (Pfeiffer, 1853), lectotype of Bulimus semipictus Hidalgo MNHN 28113 (H = 37.7).
Figure 2. Plekocheilus species. A–C Plekocheilus (Aeropictus) tenuissimus Weyrauch, 1967, holotype FML 3364 (H = 27.8) D Plekocheilus (Eurytus) cardinalis (Pfeiffer, 1853), syntype ZMB 112721 (H = 46.0) E–G Plekocheilus (Eurytus) bruggeni Breure, 1978, holotype NHMUK 1911.11.2.88 (H = 39.0) H–J Plekocheilus (Eurytus) eros (Angas, 1878), lectotype NHMUK 1879.1.21.2 (H = 35.5) K–M Plekocheilus (Eurytus) tricolor (Pfeiffer, 1853), lectotype of Bulimus semipictus Hidalgo MNHN 28113 (H = 37.7). 
Figure 14. Distribution map of Plekocheilus (Eurytus) species. See Figure 91 and Appendix 4 for explanation of ecoregions.
Figure 14. Distribution map of Plekocheilus (Eurytus) species. See Figure 91 and Appendix 4 for explanation of ecoregions. 
Figure 85. Living snails. A–B Plekocheilus sp., Ecuador, Prov. Carchi, near El Laurel C–DPlekocheilus (Aeropictus) tenuissimus Weyrauch, 1967, Ecuador, Prov. Carchi, near El Laurel E–F Clathrorthalicus sp., juvenile, Ecuador, Prov. Sucumbios, near La Bonita (all photos courtesy A. González).
Figure 85. Living snails. A–B Plekocheilus sp., Ecuador, Prov. Carchi, near El Laurel C–DPlekocheilus (Aeropictus) tenuissimus Weyrauch, 1967, Ecuador, Prov. Carchi, near El Laurel E–F Clathrorthalicus sp., juvenile, Ecuador, Prov. Sucumbios, near La Bonita (all photos courtesy A. González). 

Other References

  1. ↑ Weyrauch W (1967) Descripciónes y notas sobre gastrópodos terrestres de Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Brasil y Perú. Acta Zoologica Lilloana 21: 457–499.
  2. ↑ Richardson C (1995) Bulimulidae: catalog of species. Tryonia 28: i–iii, 1–458.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 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.
  4. ↑ Borrero F, Breure A (2011) The Amphibulimidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Orthalicoidea) from Colombia and adjacent areas. Zootaxa 3054: 1–59.
  5. ↑ Breure A (2012a) Weyrauch’s type localities: a clarification; with illustrations of types of Orthalicoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Stylommatophora) in the Tucumán museum. Folia conchyliologica 17: 4–24.
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