Sarnia frumentum
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Ordo: Pulmonata
Familia: Bothriembryontidae
Genus: Sarnia
Name
Sarnia frumentum (Petit de Saussaye, 1842) – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Auricula frumentum Petit de Saussaye, 1842: 105–106; Reeve 1878, vol. 20, Auricula, pl. 4, fig. 23. Auricula avena Petit de Saussaye, 1842: 106; Reeve 1878, vol. 20, Auricula, pl. 4, fig. 24. Melampus avena Dall, 1909: 204. Sarnia frumentum Keen, 1971: 850, fig. 2418; Marincovich 1973[1]: 41, figs 92, 94; Paredes et al. 2005[2]: 70, fig. 2.
Material examined
Aguas Verdes (26°52'S, 70°48'W), Commune of Caldera, August 2011, JFA 100502, 15 specimens.
Diagnosis
This is one of the smallest terrestrial snails found in northern Chile. They have small (up to about 7 mm) whitish-orangish shells, of subcylindrical shape, with a simple and sharp aperture, with three plyes in the columellar side.
Distribution and remarks
This species has been cited from El Callao, Peru to Chañaral, Chile (Paredes et al. 2005[2]). This is the southernmost record for this species in Chile. It has been found that this species feeds on remains of birds, fishes and sea urchins (Paredes et al. 2005[2]).
Taxon Treatment
- Araya, J; Catalán, R; 2014: A review of the non-bulimulid terrestrial Mollusca from the Region of Atacama, northern Chile ZooKeys, 398: 33-51. doi
Other References
- ↑ Marincovich L (1973) Intertidal Mollusks of Iquique, Chile. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 16: 1-49.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Paredes C, Indacochea A, Cardoso F, Ortega K (2005) Familia Ellobiidae (Gastropoda: Archaeopulmonata) en el litoral peruano. Revista peruana de biología 12(1): 69–76. http://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/rpb/article/download/2359/2058
