Plekocheilus (Eurytus) aureonitens (Miller, 1878)
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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.588.7906 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:EC4E9A71-F7B9-48D2-B245-F8DA8C0907FA |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4287A46F-923C-42E1-EBBD-B5C255DF7547 |
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Plekocheilus (Eurytus) aureonitens (Miller, 1878) |
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Taxon classification Animalia Stylommatophora Amphibulimidae
Plekocheilus (Eurytus) aureonitens (Miller, 1878) View in CoL Fig. 9A
Eurytus aureonitens Miller 1878: 181; Miller 1879: pl. 6 fig. 2.
Plekocheilus aureonitens ; Richardson 1995: 303 (references).
Plekocheilus (Eurytus) aureonitens ; Breure and Borrero 2008: 5.
Type locality.
[Ecuador] "Valli Pilatonensi".
Type material.
Not located.
Diagnosis.
Shell relatively medium-sized, rather thin, sculptured with fine granulation, the last whorl nearly smooth, suture deeply descending in front, columella twisted (Pilsbry 1895 [1895-1896]).
Dimensions.
Shell height 53, diameter 25 mm.
Distribution.
Ecuador, Prov. Pichincha, Río Pilatón valley.
Ecoregion.
Northwestern Andean montane forests [NT0145].
Remarks.
This species is only known from the type locality at an altitude of 1000 m, and may prove to be a synonym of Plekocheilus (Eurytus) taylorianus (Reeve, 1849).
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Orthalicoidea |
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Plekocheilus |