Naesiotus bambamarcaensis
Naesiotus bambamarcaensis is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bulimulidae. [2]
| Naesiotus bambamarcaensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Bulimulidae |
| Genus: | Naesiotus |
| Species: | N. bambamarcaensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Naesiotus bambamarcaensis Weyrauch, 1960[1] | |
Distribution
The type locality is Cerro Machaipungo near Bambamarca.[3] Breure (2010)[3] have published another locality Chalamarca 06°29’29’S 078°28’07’W, Cajamarca Region, Peru, that is about 20 km SSW from the type locality.[3]
Description
The specimens from the Chalamarca locality are slightly smaller than the holotype and vary in their dimensions, but otherwise show the colour pattern characteristic for this species, viz. corneous-brown with a whitish spiral band at the periphery of the last whorl.[3]
References
This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference [3]
- Weyrauch W. K. (1960). "Zwanzig neue Landschnecken aus Peru". Archiv für Molluskenkunde 89: 23-48. page 37, pl. 6, fig. 38
- Naesiotus (Naesiotus) bambamarcaensis Weyrauch, 1960· accepted, alternate representation
- Breure A. S. H. & Mogollón Avila V. (2010). "Well-known and little-known: miscellaneous notes on Peruvian Orthalicidae (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)". Zoologische Mededelingen 84. HTM Archived 2018-09-26 at the Wayback Machine.
- Ramírez R., Paredes C., Arenas J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. Revista de Biologia Tropical. 51(supplement 3): 225-284
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