Taxon classification Animalia Stylommatophora Orthalicidae

Kara ortiziana (Haas, 1955) Figs 46 D–F, 47

Plecocheilus (Eurytus) ortizianus Haas 1955a: 366, fig. 73.

Thaumastus ortizianus; Richardson 1995: 380 (references).

Thaumastus (Kara) ortizianus; Ramírez et al. 2003: 282.

Type locality.

"near Chancay, between La Colmena and La Esperanza, Peru".

Type material.

FMNH 47083, holotype.

Diagnosis.

Shell elongate-ovate, coloured with olive buff with darker brown, axial striae, suture crenulate, height of aperture 0.57 times total shell height, ovate, pointed above, widely rounded below, peristome simple, parietal wall covered by a transparent callus (modified after Haas 1955).

Dimensions.

Shell height 60.0, diameter 28.7 mm.

Distribution.

Peru, Dept. Cajamarca, near Chancay.

Ecoregion.

Peruvian Yungas [NT0153].

Remarks.

Haas (1955) characterized this species "by the gloss of its shell, which is without any trace of bands or spots".