Sultana (Metorthalicus) deburghiae (Reeve, 1859)

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Avila, Valentin Mogollon, 2016, Synopsis of Central Andean Orthalicoid land snails (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora), excluding Bulimulidae, ZooKeys 588, pp. 1-199 : 68-69

Taxon classification Animalia Stylommatophora Orthalicidae

Sultana (Metorthalicus) deburghiae (Reeve, 1859) Figs 55C, 68 A–D, 80

Bulimus deburghiae Reeve 1859: 123; Breure and Ablett 2015: 28, figs 18 i–ii, L5iii.

Bulimus gloriosus Pfeiffer 1862: 387, pl. 37 fig. 4; Breure and Ablett 2015: 31, figs 18 iii–iv, L7iv.

Porphyrobaphe gloriosus var. β elongatus Miller, 1878: 185; Miller 1879: pl. 5 fig. 1.

Sultana deburghiae ; Richardson 1993: 122 (references); Ramírez et al. 2003: 282; Breure and Borrero 2008: 25.

Type locality.

"Peruvian side of the Amazon".

Type material.

NHMUK 19601622, lectotype ( Breure and Schouten 1985: 27).

Additional material.

NHMUK 1975243, lectotype of Bulimus gloriosus Pfeiffer ( Breure and Schouten 1985: 27).

Diagnosis.

Shell with broad dark stripes separated by light coloured, narrow zigzag stripes, a wide umbilical zone paler, two narrow dark bands at the periphery and around the umbilical area, both interrupted by light spots.

Dimensions.

Shell height 64.7, diameter 33.6 mm.

Distribution.

Ecuador, Prov. Napo, 6.5 km SSE Baeza; ibid., Nachiyacu; Prov. Pastaza, Cerros de Abitagua; ibid., Mera; ibid., Porvenir; Prov. Pichincha, Nanegal; Prov. Tungurahua, Topo; ibid., Baños; ibid., Rio Negro (all Breure and Borrero 2008);?Prov. El Oro, Mirador (RBINS). Peru (?, see remarks).

Ecoregion.

Eastern Cordillera real montane forests [NT0121], Napo moist forests [NT0142], Northwestern Andean montane forests [NT0145].

Remarks.

Pfeiffer’s taxon was described from Ecuador, without specific locality. The record for Peru seems to be only based on Reeve’s locality and needs further confirmation.