Bulimulus (Drymaeus) carandaitiensis Preston, 1907

Breure, Abraham S. H., 2011, Annotated type catalogue of the Orthalicoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Royal Belgian Institute of Sciences, Brussels, with descriptions of two new species, ZooKeys 101, pp. 1-50 : 11

Bulimulus (Drymaeus) carandaitiensis Preston, 1907 Figs 10H, 10v

Bulimulus (Drymaeus) carandaitiensis Preston 1907: 491, fig. 4.

Drymaeus (Drymaeus) carandaitiensis (Preston); Köhler 2007: 143, fig. 83.

Type locality.

[Bolivia, Dept. Chuquisaca] "Carandaiti, province of Cordillera, Bolivia, 1000 metres".

Label.

"Carandaiti / Prov. of Cordillera 1000 metres / Bolivia (co-type)", in Preston’s handwriting.

Dimensions.

"Alt. 35, diam. maj. 14 mill."; figured specimen H 32.1, D 12.9, W 9.3.

Type material.

RBINS/MT2341, one syntype, ex Preston (Dautzenberg coll.).

Remarks.

This taxon was hitherto regarded a Drymaeus species, but the protoconch is smooth (not worn) in both specimens examined. It is here tentatively placed in Bostryx , despite the fact that the colour pattern of the specimen in RBINS is unlike the ones normally found in this genus.

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Bostryx carandaitiensis (Preston, 1907) (comb. n.).