Quechua salteri (Sowerby III, 1890)

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Avila, Valentin Mogollon, 2016, Synopsis of Central Andean Orthalicoid land snails (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora), excluding Bulimulidae, ZooKeys 588, pp. 1-199 : 57-58

Taxon classification Animalia Stylommatophora Orthalicidae

Quechua salteri (Sowerby III, 1890) Figs 57B, 59

Bulimus salteri Sowerby III 1890: 578, pl. 50 fig. 4; Breure and Ablett 2015: 47, figs 13 i–ii, L17i.

Thaumastus salteri ; Richardson 1995: 381 (references [partim]).

Thaumastus (Quechua) salteri salteri ; Ramírez et al. 2003: 282.

Type locality.

"Catamarca, Andes Peruviae".

Type material.

NHMUK 1907.11.21.118, lectotype ( Breure 1979: 45).

Diagnosis.

Shell sculptured with irregular longitudinal and spiral striation, giving a malleated appearance, with brown markings and a few longitudinal streaks, aperture pale-purple inside, parietal callus transparent.

Dimensions.

Shell height 69.9, diameter 35.2 mm.

Distribution.

Peru, Dept. Cajamarca, Chota (ANSP 183257).

Ecoregion.

Peruvian Yungas [NT0153].

Remarks.

Sowerby also mentioned a variety which was hardly malleated and reached a larger size. The variation and distribution of this species needs further studies.