Quechua taulisensis (Zilch, 1953)

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Avila, Valentin Mogollon, 2016, Synopsis of Central Andean Orthalicoid land snails (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora), excluding Bulimulidae, ZooKeys 588, pp. 1-199 : 58

Taxon classification Animalia Stylommatophora Orthalicidae

Quechua taulisensis (Zilch, 1953) Figs 57A, 59

Thaumastus (Quechua) taulisensis Zilch 1953: 52, pl. 14 fig. 2; Ramírez et al. 2003: 282; Neubert and Janssen 2004: 231, pl. 2 fig. 14.

Thaumastus taulisensis ; Richardson 1995: 383 (references).

Type locality.

[Peru] "Bergurwald der Hacienda Taulis".

Type material.

SMF 111465, holotype.

Additional material.

SMF 111466 (22), paratypes.

Diagnosis.

Shell rather thin, with inconspicuous sculpture of spiral striation, parietal callus transparent.

Dimensions.

Shell height 60.0, diameter 27.4 mm.

Distribution.

Peru, Dept. Cajamarca, Hacienda Taulis (ca. 6°50'S 79°10'W).

Ecoregion.

Peruvian Yungas [NT0153].

Remarks.

Zilch compared this species with Thaumastus (Quechua) salteri , but said it differs by having a smaller and slenderer shell, which is less sculptured and with a relatively smaller aperture.