Taxon classification Animalia Stylommatophora Orthalicidae

Scholvienia jaspidea (Morelet, 1863) Figs 62D, 63 A–C, 66

Bulimus jaspideus Morelet 1863: 180, pl. 7 fig. 7.

Thaumastus jaspideus; Richardson 1995: 377 (references; excl. synonymy).

Thaumastus (Scholvienia) jaspideus; Ramírez et al. 2003: 282.

Type locality.

[Peru] "de la vallée tempérée de Yucaï”, and "sur les murs des jardins, aux environs de Huancabelica".

Type material.

MHNG-INVE-60211 (2), syntypes; MHNG-INVE-60210 (4), syntypes.

Diagnosis.

Shell with hardly convex sides, tawny coloured with some darker patches, sculptured with incrassate growth striae, especially on the last whorl thickened at irregular distances, crossed by spiral lines resulting in oblong granulation, aperture with columellar margin well dilated above.

Dimensions.

Shell height 47.2, diameter 21.4 mm.

Distribution.

Peru, Dept. Huancavelica.

Ecoregion.

Peruvian Yungas [NT0153].