Scholvienia gittenbergerorum (Breure, 1978)

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Avila, Valentin Mogollon, 2016, Synopsis of Central Andean Orthalicoid land snails (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora), excluding Bulimulidae, ZooKeys 588, pp. 1-199 : 63

Taxon classification Animalia Stylommatophora Orthalicidae

Scholvienia gittenbergerorum (Breure, 1978) Figs 61 A–C, 67

Thaumastus (Scholvienia) gittenbergerorum Breure 1978: 44, fig. 57, pl. 6 figs 1-4; Ramírez et al. 2003: 282.

Thaumastus gittenbergerorum ; Richardson 1995: 376 (references).

Type locality.

"Peru, Dept. Huánuco, 10.8 km W Huancapallac, 2950 m".

Type material.

UF 22119, holotype.

Additional material.

RMNH 55191 (3), RMNH 55189 (4), RMNH 55190 (3), UF 22119a (3), 22119b (3), 22751a (3), 22751b (5), 22751c(3), 22753 (16), paratypes.

Diagnosis.

Shell tawny coloured, on the last whorl indistinct, darker coloured spiral bands are present, teleoconch sculptured with incrassate growth striae, thickened at irregular distances forming peculiar whitish longitudinal stripes, partly fading away at lower side of whorl, and crossed by shallow spiral lines.

Dimensions.

Shell height 41.0, diameter 18.0 mm.

Distribution.

Peru, Dept. Amazonas, 21 km ENE Balsas; Dept. Huánuco, west of Huancapallac; ibid., 9.2 km S of Tingo Maria.

Ecoregion.

Peruvian Yungas [NT0153].