Taxon classification Animalia Stylommatophora Orthalicidae

Kara thompsonii (Pfeiffer, 1845) Figs 44 A–B, 45 A–D, 47, 88A

Bulimus thompsonii Pfeiffer 1845: 74; Breure and Ablett 2015: 51, figs 8 i–ii, L17iii.

Orphnus thompsoni var. lutea Cousin 1887: 212; Breure 2011: 35, figs 7A, 7i.

Orphnus thompsoni var. nigricans Cousin 1887: 212; Breure 2011: 35, figs 7B, 7ii.

Orphnus thompsoni var. olivaceus Cousin 1887: 212; Breure 2011: 36, figs 7C, 7iii.

Orphnus thompsoni var. zebra Cousin 1887: 212; Breure 2011: 42, figs 7D, 7iv.

Thaumastus (Kara) thompsoni [sic]; Breure and Borrero 2008: 7.

Type locality.

[Ecuador] “Quito” .

Type material.

NHMUK 1975464, lectotype (Breure 1978: 34).

Additional material.

NHMUK 1975465 (2), paralectotypes. RBINS/MT2358, lectotype of Orphnus thompsoni var. lutea Cousin; RBINS/MT2363, lectotype of Orphnus thompsoni var. nigricans Cousin; RBINS/MT2366, lectotype of Orphnus thompsoni var. olivaceus Cousin; RBINS/MT2375, lectotype of Orphnus thompsoni var. zebra Cousin.

Diagnosis.

Shell (rather) elongate, coloured with yellowish to brown, with light to darker brown, axial streaks, the upper whorls paler, a white girdle below the crenulate suture, aperture height less than half the shell height, peristome simple, whitish, a darker band inside the aperture behind the lip.

Dimensions.

Shell height 71.0, diameter 32.0 mm.

Distribution.

Ecuador, Prov. Azuay, Cuenca, Azogues (Cousin 1887); ibid., San Francisco (RMNH 114279); prov. El Oro, Zaruma (USNM 515471).

Ecoregion.

Eastern Cordillera real montane forests [NT0121].