Limnaeus nitidella, von Martens, 1885

Vinarski, Maxim V., 2016, Annotated type catalogue of lymnaeid snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the collection of the Natural History Museum, Berlin, Zoosystematics and Evolution 92 (1), pp. 131-152 : 136

Taxon classification Animalia Hygrophila Lymnaeidae

nitidella von Martens, 1885 Fig. 29

Limnaea nitidella von Martens 1885: 178, pl. 35, figs 16, 17.

Limnaea nitidella Kilias 1961: 164.

Type material.

The lectotype (designated by Kilias 1961) and 18 paralectotypes (ZMB No. 35593).

Type locality.

Ecuador, region of Chorrera de Agoyan (von Martens 1885).

Lectotype dimensions.

WN 3.75; SH 7.8; SW 5.1; SpH 2.9; BWH 6.5; AH 5.0; SW 3.3.

Current taxonomic allocation.

Uncertain. Hubendick (1951) treated it as a species of unclear identity (possibly no lymnaeid). In my opinion, Limnaea nitidella is similar to another lymnaeid species described from Ecuador, Lymnaea cousini (Jousseaume, 1887) [see conchological characterization of this species in Paraense 1995; Pointier et al. 2004] and may represent its senior objective synonym.