Synopsis of Central Andean Orthalicoid land snails (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora), excluding Bulimulidae
Author
Breure, Abraham S. H.
Author
Avila, Valentin Mogollon
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ZooKeys
2016
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.588.7906
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.588.7906
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Taxon classification Animalia Stylommatophora Megaspiridae
Thaumastus (Thaumastus) tatutor (Jousseaume, 1887)
Figs 29
D-E
Tatutor tatutor
Jousseaume 1887
: 6, fig. 1.
Thaumastus tatutor
;
Richardson 1995
: 383 (references).
Type locality.
"Nouvelle Grenada".
Type material.
MNHN 28122, holotype.
Diagnosis.
Shell relatively large, brownish, the upper whorls paler, sculptured with incrassate growth striae, suture crenulate, hardly ascending in front, aperture elongate-subovate, with a brownish colour band behind the lip, peristome somewhat thickened, hardly expanded.
Dimensions.
Shell height 99.9, diameter 52.5 mm.
Distribution.
?Colombia.?Ecuador.?Venezuela.
Remarks.
This species has not been found since its description. Given the political boundaries of the former 'Nouvelle
Grenada'
, it may be expected in Colombia, Ecuador or Venezuela.