Quechua salteri (Sowerby III, 1890)
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Quechua salteri (Sowerby III, 1890) |
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Taxon classification Animalia Stylommatophora Orthalicidae
Quechua salteri (Sowerby III, 1890) View in CoL Figs 57B, 59
Bulimus salteri Sowerby III 1890: 578, pl. 50 fig. 4; Breure and Ablett 2015: 47, figs 13 i–ii, L17i.
Thaumastus salteri ; Richardson 1995: 381 (references [partim]).
Thaumastus (Quechua) salteri salteri ; Ramírez et al. 2003: 282.
Type locality.
"Catamarca, Andes Peruviae".
Type material.
NHMUK 1907.11.21.118, lectotype ( Breure 1979: 45).
Diagnosis.
Shell sculptured with irregular longitudinal and spiral striation, giving a malleated appearance, with brown markings and a few longitudinal streaks, aperture pale-purple inside, parietal callus transparent.
Dimensions.
Shell height 69.9, diameter 35.2 mm.
Distribution.
Peru, Dept. Cajamarca, Chota (ANSP 183257).
Ecoregion.
Peruvian Yungas [NT0153].
Remarks.
Sowerby also mentioned a variety which was hardly malleated and reached a larger size. The variation and distribution of this species needs further studies.
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