The Amphibulimidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Orthalicoidea) from Colombia and adjacent areas
Author
Borrero, Francisco J.
Author
Breure, Abraham S. H.
text
Zootaxa
2011
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1
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journal article
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10.5281/zenodo.278895
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Plekocheilus
(
Eurytus
)
jimenezi
(
Hidalgo, 1872
)
(
Figs 15
A–B)
Bulimus jimenezi
Hidalgo 1872
: 93
, pl. 5 figs 2–3.
Type
locality:
Ecuador
, San José de Monti.
Syntype
MNCN 15.05/1066.
Plekocheilus jimenezi
(Hidalgo)
;
Richardson 1995
: 315
(references, synonymy).
Plekocheilus oligostylus
Pilsbry 1939
: 3
, fig. 6.
Type
locality:
Ecuador
, Prov. Napo,
Nachiyacu
[
teste
Clench & Turner 1962
, see remarks below].
Lectotype
ANSP
170696
(
Baker
1963
).
Material.
“
Colombia
:”
ANSP
170696
(
lectotype
of
P. oligostylus
Pilsbry
;
type
locality should be
Ecuador
,
Nachiyacu
,
teste
Clench and Turner 1962
).
Ecuador
. Napo, near Baeza, Rio Quijos, Rio Napo Basin, ~
1500 m
,
80 km
W Quito, A.M. Olalla leg.:
DMNH
141635;
Nachiyacu
:
DMNH
128642; Topo:
DMNH
128688; Pastaza, Mera:
DMNH
128644,
USNM
598480; Puyo:
DMNH
49367,
DMNH
128667,
USNM
598481; Prov. Pichincha:
DMNH
128673. “El Oriente” [see remarks], E. Brundage (?) leg./1937:
USNM
628797.
Remarks.
This Ecuadorian species resembles the Colombian
P. gibbonius
(
Lea, 1838
)
but differs in that some specimens are less globose, it usually has a comparatively thinner shell, the upper part of the columella expands in
P. gibbonius
, and
P. jimenezi
has a thinner peristome. All Colombian specimens labeled as
P. oligostylus
proved to be misidentified, probably induced by the arguably erroneous locality of the
type
specimen (see also remarks under
P. nachiyacu
). Available records do not suggest an overlapping distribution for these two species since
P. gibbonius
has not been recorded from southern
Colombia
. While the precise localities available for
P. jimenezi
do not include the most northern Ecuadorian provinces, doubt about its range remains as we have not been able to locate Hidalgo’s
type
locality. Further, “El Oriente” (= The East) refers to a vast region of Ecuador—mainly the “Amazonian basin”—including parts of up to six different provinces. In addition to the single recorded elevation (
1500 m
), the remaining localities range from ~
600 to 2760 m
. The specimen figured by
Parkinson
et al.
(1987
: pl. 14) as this species is
P. gibbonius
.