Helix montivaga d’Orbigny, 1835

Fig. 34

Helix montivaga d’Orbigny, 1835: 14 . – Breure & Ablett, 2014: 124, figs 15J, L38iv.

Bulimus montivagus d’Orbigny, 1837 [1834-1847]: 275, pl. 34 figs 1-3. – Gray, 1854: 15.

Naesiotus montivagus . – Breure, 1975: 1146.

Type locality: [Bolivia] “provincia Lagunensis (republica Boliviana)”; see remarks.

Label: “Rep. Argentina ” in Moricand’s handwriting.

Dimensions: “Longit. 16 millim.; latit. 7 millim.”; figured specimen herein H 19.4, D 7.20, W 7.4.

Type material: MHNG-INVE-60505, two paralectotypes (ex d’Orbigny, Moricand coll.).

Remarks: Orbigny (1835) originally also mentioned “et provincia Entre-Rios (republica Argentina)” as type locality. The type locality was later restricted to “ Bolivia, Dept. Santa Cruz ” by Breure (1975: 1146); see also Breure, 1973. Miquel (1989a: 62) concluded that this species does not occur in Argentina.

Current systematic position: Bulimulidae, Naesiotus montivagus (d’Orbigny, 1835) .