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Plekocheilus (Plekocheilus) appuni Dunker 1875

Description

Plekocheilus (Plekocheilus) appuni (Dunker, 1875)

(Figs 7 I–K)

Bulimus appuni Dunker 1875: 220, pl. 6 figs 1–2. Type locality: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. Lectotype ZMB 111926 a (Köhler 2007: 127, fig. 1). Plekocheilus (Plekocheilus) appuni (Dunker); Breure 1984: 490, 496. Plekocheilus appuni (Dunker); Richardson 1995: 302 (additional references).

Material. La Guajira, Riohacha, Carriker leg./1914: ANSP 151814; Magdalena, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, watershed between Rio Frio and Quebrada del Páramo, 2875 m, in humid forest [selva andina], Cleef et al. leg./ viii.1977: RMNH. “ Colombia:” ZMUZ 511590, ZMUZ 511591 (both not seen).

Altitudinal range. The only precise locality is at 2875 m.

Remarks. The material collected by Carriker probably originated from higher altitudes than Riohacha (which is at sea level), on the eastern side of the Sierra.

Notes

Published as part of Borrero, Francisco J. & Breure, Abraham S. H., 2011, The Amphibulimidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Orthalicoidea) from Colombia and adjacent areas, pp. 1-59 in Zootaxa 3054 on page 20, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.278895

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References

  • Dunker, W. (1875) Zwei neue Bulimi aus der Sierra Nevada (Columbia). Jahrbucher der deutschen malakozoologischen Gesellschaft, 2, 220 - 221, pl. 6 figs. 1 - 4.
  • Kohler, F. (2007) Annotated type catalogue of the Bulimulinae (Pulmonata, Orthalicoidea, Bulimulidae) in the Museum fur Naturkunde Berlin. Mitteilungen aus dem Museum fur Naturkunde Berlin, Zoologische Reihe, 83, 125 - 159.
  • Breure, A. S. H. (1984) Survey of the land Mollusca of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. In: Hammen, T. van der & Ruiz, P. M. (eds.), Studies on Tropical Andean ecosystems, 2, La Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (Colombia) Transecto Buritaca ─ La Cumbre. Cramer, Berlin / Stuttgart, pp. 487 - 500.
  • Richardson, C. L. (1995) Bulimulidae: catalog of species. Tryonia, 28, 1 - 458.