A review of the non-bulimulid terrestrial Mollusca from the Region of Atacama, northern Chile
Author
Araya, Juan Francisco
Author
Catalan, Ricardo
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ZooKeys
2014
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.398.4282
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.398.4282
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Chiliborus
bridgesii (Pfeiffer, 1842)
Figs 2.1-2.4, Table 2
Bulimus bridgesii
Pfeiffer, 1842: 43; Reeve 1848: 5,
Bulimus
, pl. 19, fig. 117;
Hupe
in Gay 1854: 107,
Malacologia
pl. 3, fig. 4.
Strophocheilus (Borus) bridgesii
:
Pilsbry 1895
: 35, pl. 2, figs 4-6.
Strophocheilus (Chiliborus) bridgesii
:
Pilsbry 1926
: 6.
Strophocheilus (Chiliborus) bridgesii
:
Bequaert 1948
: 186, pl. 13, figs 2, 3; pl. 14, fig. 3.
Chiliborus bridgesii
:
Stuardo and Vega 1985
: 129.
Material examined.
Caleta Pajonales (
27°43'S
,
71°02'W
), Commune of
Copiapo
, September 2005, RCG (unnumbered), 4 specimens.
Diagnosis.
This species have small (up to 23 mm), pale brown, thin ovate-oblong shells, minutely sculptured by fine spiral lines, with a reflexed and delicate thin lip and a comparatively large protoconch decorated by spiral threads. This is the smallest species in the
Strophocheilidae
.
Distribution and remarks.
Freirina (
28°30'S
,
71°04'W
) and Huasco (
28°20'S
,
71°15'W
) (
Stuardo and Vega 1985
). This is the northernmost record for the species.