Taxon classification Animalia Stylommatophora Orthalicidae

Kara indentatus (da Costa, 1901) Figs 44 C–D

Strophocheilus (Dryptus) indentatus da Costa 1901: 239, pl. 24 fig. 8; Breure and Ablett 2015: 34, 8 iii–iv, L9i.

Dryptus indentatus; Richardson 1995: 200.

Thaumastus (Thaumastus) indentatus; Breure and Borrero 2008: 8.

Type locality.

“Ecuador” .

Type material.

Lectotype NHMUK 1907.11.21.115 (Breure and Ablett 2015).

Additional material.

NHMUK 1907.11.21.116 (1), paralectotype.

Dimensions.

Shell height 44.0, diameter 24.0 mm.

Distribution.

Ecuador, no precise locality known.

Remarks.

As Breure and Ablett (2015) remarked, this species may be closely allied to Kara thompsonii (Pfeiffer, 1845) and Kara yanamensis (Morelet, 1863), and upon further studies may prove to be a synonym of either of these species.