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ZooKeys 588: Synopsis of Central Andean Orthalicoid Land Snails (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora), Excluding Bulimulidae

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Series: ZooKeys Volume: 588
By: Abraham SH Breure(Author), Valentín Mogollón Avila(Author)
199 pages, 90 colour photos, colour illustrations, and colour distribution maps
ZooKeys 588: Synopsis of Central Andean Orthalicoid Land Snails (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora), Excluding Bulimulidae
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The land snail fauna of several South American countries is very incompletely known despite quite extensive literature. For Bolivia there is only an incomplete and outdated list from 1953, Peru is covered by a name list only (2003), and Ecuador has a catalogue for the mainland Orthalicoidea only (2008). Other countries (Brazil, Chile, Argentina) are covered by recent works from local malacologists, and for some others (Colombia, French Guiana) recently overviews have been published, of which especially the one for French Guiana is also very useful for neighbouring countries like Suriname.

This new paper partly aims to fill that gap for Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru treating the minor families of the Orthalicoidea. Covering the three countries this synopsis summarizes all known species and part of their localities (from literature and some major EU museums). Also one new species is described.

Contents

Introduction   5
Methods   6
Systematics   7
Superfamily Orthalicoidea   7
   Family Amphibulimidae P. Fischer, 1873   9
      Genus Plekocheilus Guilding, 1828   9
         Subgenus Plekocheilus (Aeropictus) Weyrauch, 1967   10
            Plekocheilus (Aeropictus) tenuissimus Weyrauch, 1967   10
         Subgenus Plekocheilus (Eudolichotis) Pilsbry, 1896   11
            Plekocheilus (Eudolichotis) hauxwelli (Crosse, 1872)   11
         Subgenus Plekocheilus (Eurytus) Albers, 1850   12
            Plekocheilus (Eurytus) aristaceus (Crosse, 1869)   14
            Plekocheilus (Eurytus) aureonitens (Miller, 1878)   14
            Plekocheilus (Eurytus) bruggeni Breure, 1978   15
            Plekocheilus (Eurytus) cardinalis (Pfeiffer, 1853)   15
            Plekocheilus (Eurytus) doliarius (da Costa, 1898)   16
            Plekocheilus (Eurytus) eros (Angas, 1878)   16
            Plekocheilus (Eurytus) floccosus (Spix in Wagner, 1827)   17
            Plekocheilus (Eurytus) jimenezi (Hidalgo, 1872)   17
            Plekocheilus (Eurytus) lynciculus (Deville and Hupé, 1850)   18
            Plekocheilus (Eurytus) nocturnus Pilsbry, 1939   19
            Plekocheilus (Eurytus) oligostylus Pilsbry, 1939   19
            Plekocheilus (Eurytus) onca (d’Orbigny, 1835)   20
            Plekocheilus (Eurytus) piperitus piperitus (Sowerby I, 1837)   20
            Plekocheilus (Eurytus) piperitus mcgintyi ‘Pilsbry’ H.B. Baker, 1963, stat. n.   21
            Plekocheilus (Eurytus) piperitus prodeflexus Pilsbry, 1895, stat. n.   21
            Plekocheilus (Eurytus) roseolabrum (E.A. Smith, 1877)   22
            Plekocheilus (Eurytus) superstriatus (Sowerby III, 1890)   23
            Plekocheilus (Eurytus) taylorianus (Reeve, 1849)   23
            Plekocheilus (Eurytus) tricolor (Pfeiffer, 1853)   24
         Subgenus Plekocheilus (Plekocheilus)   24
            Plekocheilus (Plekocheilus) cecepeus Breure and Araujo, 2015   25
   Family Megaspiridae Pilsbry, 1904   25
      Genus Paeniscutalus Wurtz, 1947   25
            Paeniscutalus crenellus (Philippi, 1867)   26
      Genus Thaumastus Martens in Albers, 1860   27
         Subgenus Thaumastus (Thaumastiella) Weyrauch, 1956   27
            Thaumastus (Thaumastiella) glyptocephalus (Pilsbry, 1897)   28
            Thaumastus (Thaumastiella) koepckei Zilch, 1953   28
            Thaumastus (Thaumastiella) occidentalis occidentalis Weyrauch, 1960   29
            Thaumastus (Thaumastiella) occidentalis debilisculptus Weyrauch, 1960   29
            Thaumastus (Thaumastiella) sarcochrous (Pilsbry, 1897)   30
         Subgenus Thaumastus (Thaumastus) Albers, 1860   30
            Thaumastus (Thaumastus) blanfordianus (Ancey, 1903)   31
            Thaumastus (Thaumastus) buckleyi (Higgins, 1872)   31
            Thaumastus (Thaumastus) flori (Jousseaume, 1897)   32
            Thaumastus (Thaumastus) foveolatus (Reeve, 1849)   32
            Thaumastus (Thaumastus) granocinctus (Pilsbry, 1901)   33
            Thaumastus (Thaumastus) hartwegi (Pfeiffer in Philippi, 1846)   34
            Thaumastus (Thaumastus) inca (d’Orbigny, 1835)   34
            Thaumastus (Thaumastus) insolitus (Preston, 1909)   35
            Thaumastus (Thaumastus) integer (Pfeiffer, 1855)   35
            Thaumastus (Thaumastus) loxostomus (Pfeiffer, 1855)   36
            Thaumastus (Thaumastus) magnificus (Grateloup, 1839)   36
            Thaumastus (Thaumastus) melanocheilus (Nyst, 1845)   37
            Thaumastus (Thaumastus) orcesi Weyrauch, 1967   37
            Thaumastus (Thaumastus) orobaenus (d’Orbigny, 1835)   38
            Thaumastus (Thaumastus) robertsi robertsi Pilsbry, 1932   38
            Thaumastus (Thaumastus) robertsi satipoensis Pilsbry 1944   39
            Thaumastus (Thaumastus) sangoae (Tschudi in Troschel, 1852)   39
            Thaumastus (Thaumastus) sumaqwayqu sp. n.   40
            Thaumastus (Thaumastus) tatutor (Jousseaume, 1887)   41
            Thaumastus (Thaumastus) taunaisii (Férussac, 1822)   41
   Family Odontostomidae Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1898   42
      Genus Cyclodontina Beck, 1837   42
            Cyclodontina chuquisacana (Marshall, 1930), comb. n.   42
            Cyclodontina lemoinei (Ancey, 1892)   43
      Genus Spixia Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1898   43
            Spixia minor (d’Orbigny, 1837)   44
            Spixia striata (Wagner, 1827)   45
   Family Orthalicidae Martens in Albers, 1860   45
      Genus Clathrorthalicus Strebel, 1909   45
            Clathrorthalicus corydon (Crosse, 1869), comb. n.   46
            Clathrorthalicus magnificus (Pfeiffer, 1848)   47
            Clathrorthalicus phoebus (Pfeiffer, 1863)   47
      Genus Corona Albers, 1850   47
            Corona incisa (Hupé, 1857)   49
            Corona pfeifferi (Hidalgo, 1869)   50
            Corona regalis (Hupé, 1857)   50
      Genus Kara Strebel, 1910   51
            Kara cadwaladeri (Pilsbry, 1930)   51
            Kara indentatus (da Costa, 1901)   52
            Kara ortiziana (Haas, 1955)   52
            Kara thompsonii (Pfeiffer, 1845)   53
            Kara viriata (Morelet, 1863)   53
            Kara yanamensis (Morelet, 1863)   54
      Genus Orthalicus Beck, 1837   54
            Orthalicus bensoni (Reeve, 1849)   55
            Orthalicus bifulguratus (Reeve, 1849)   56
            Orthalicus mars Pfeiffer, 1861   57
            Orthalicus phlogerus (d’Orbigny, 1835)   57
            Orthalicus pulchellus (Spix, 1827)   58
      Genus Porphyrobaphe Shuttleworth, 1856   58
         Subgenus Porphyrobaphe (Oxyorthalicus) Strebel, 1909   59
            Porphyrobaphe (Oxyorthalicus) irrorata (Reeve, 1849)   59
            Porphyrobaphe (Oxyorthalicus) subirrorata (da Costa, 1898)   60
         Subgenus Porphyrobaphe (Porphyrobaphe) Shuttleworth, 1856   60
            Porphyrobaphe (Porphyrobaphe) iostoma (Sowerby I, 1824)   60
            Porphyrobaphe (Porphyrobaphe) saturnus (Pfeiffer, 1860)   61
      Genus Quechua Strebel, 1910   61
            Quechua olmosensis olmosensis (Zilch, 1954)   62
            Quechua olmosensis maxima (Weyrauch, 1967), stat. n.   62
            Quechua salteri (Sowerby III, 1890)   63
            Quechua taulisensis (Zilch, 1953)   63
      Genus Scholvienia Strebel, 1910   64
            Scholvienia alutacea (Reeve, 1850)   64
            Scholvienia bambamarcaensis (Breure, 1978)   65
            Scholvienia bifasciata (Philippi, 1845)   65
            Scholvienia brephoides (d’Orbigny, 1835)   67
            Scholvienia claritae (Strebel, 1910)   68
            Scholvienia gittenbergerorum (Breure, 1978)   68
            Scholvienia huancabambensis Strebel, 1910   69
            Scholvienia iserni (Philippi, 1867)   69
            Scholvienia jaspidea (Morelet, 1863)   70
            Scholvienia jelskii (Lubomirski, 1880)   70
            Scholvienia porphyria (Pfeiffer, 1847)   71
            Scholvienia weyrauchi (Pilsbry, 1944)   71
      Genus Sultana Shuttleworth, 1856   72
         Subgenus Sultana (Metorthalicus) Pilsbry, 1899   72
            Sultana (Metorthalicus) atramentaria (Pfeiffer, 1855)   73
            Sultana (Metorthalicus) augusti (Jousseaume, 1887)   73
            Sultana (Metorthalicus) deburghiae (Reeve, 1859)   74
            Sultana (Metorthalicus) fraseri (Pfeiffer, 1858)   74
            Sultana (Metorthalicus) kellettii (Reeve, 1850)   75
            Sultana (Metorthalicus) labeo (Broderip, 1828)   76
            Sultana (Metorthalicus) macandrewi Sowerby III, 1889, comb. n.   76
            Sultana (Metorthalicus) maranhonensis (Albers, 1854)   77
            Sultana (Metorthalicus) shuttleworthi (Albers, 1854)   77
            Sultana (Metorthalicus) vicaria (Fulton, 1896)   77
            Sultana (Metorthalicus) wrzesniowskii (Lubomirski, 1880)   78
            Sultana (Metorthalicus) yatesi yatesi (Pfeiffer, 1855)   78
            Sultana (Metorthalicus) yatesi galactostoma (Ancey, 1890)   79
         Subgenus Sultana (Sultana) Shuttleworth, 1856   79
            Sultana (Sultana) meobambensis (Pfeiffer, 1855), comb. n.   80
            Sultana (Sultana) sultana (Dillwyn, 1817)   80
   Family Simpulopsidae Schileyko, 1999   81
      Genus Simpulopsis Beck, 1837   81
         Subgenus Simpulopsis (Eudioptus) Martens in Albers, 1860   82
            Simpulopsis (Eudioptus) citrinovitrea (S. Moricand, 1836)   82
Nomen inquirendum   83
Pseudoglandinaagitata Weyrauch, 1967, stat. n.   83
Doubtful and excluded taxa   84
Taxa doubtfully referred to the Ecuadorian malacofauna   84
Taxa doubtfully referred to the Peruvian malacofauna   85
Taxa excluded from the Ecuadorian malacofauna   86
Taxa excluded from the Peruvian malacofauna    86
Discussion    87
Plates    88
Acknowledgements   175
References   175
Appendix 1   186
Appendix 2   188
Appendix 3   190
Appendix 4   192
Appendix 5   195

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By: Abraham SH Breure(Author), Valentín Mogollón Avila(Author)
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