New Orthalicidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from Venezuelan Guayana: unravelling secrets from the Lost World
Author
Breure, Abraham S. H.
text
Zootaxa
2009
2065
25
50
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.186920
695e995e-3a9a-41b8-bafa-ed8366b37ef4
1175-5326
186920
Plekocheilus (Eurytus) fusitorsus
(
Oberwimmer, 1931
)
(
Figs 4
H─L,
9I
)
Eurytus fusitorsus
Oberwimmer, 1931
: 190
, figs 1, 4.
Type
locality:
Venezuela
, Territorium Amazonas, Río Padamo;
holotype
SMF 5142.
Material.
Venezuela
, Estado Bolívar, Cerro Guaiquinima, along Río
Paragua
,
1500 m
, J.A. Steyermark leg., 1978, in wooded portion of moist dwarf forest (
FMNH
198500/1); Estado Amazonas, Río Padamo (
SMF
5142/
holotype
).
Shell dimensions are given
Table 1
.
Remarks.
This species is characterized by dark, undulating stripes on the last whorl bordered by a yellowish ‘shadow’ and a fine granulation of dotted granules (Fig.
9I
). A subadult specimen from Cerro Guaiquinima (FMNH 198500) is tentatively referred to this species. It is characterized by the same colour pattern as observed in the
holotype
, but has oblong granules on the upper part of the last whorl, giving an impression of spiral incisions in between.
The
type
locality is a river basin that covers 10.280 square km and drains the northwestern slopes of the Sierra Parima on the east-central border of Estado Amazonas in
Venezuela
and Estado Roraima in
Brazil
(
Huber 1995a
). Río Padamo is slightly east of Cerro Duida [
type
locality of
Plekocheilus (Eurytus) tatei
Haas, 1955
] and Cerro Marahuaka [
type
locality of
P. (E.) gibber
(
Oberwimmer, 1931
)
]. The headwaters of Río Padamo are on Cerro Kikirisha, slightly over
1000 m
, but along its course elevations of
500 m
or less prevail. Since the exact
type
locality is unknown, it cannot be excluded a priori that
P. (E.) fusitorsus
also occurs in the lowland. This species might also be expected at intermediate localities in between the two occurrences, e.g. in the Jaua-Sarisariñama massif.