Orthalicus phlogerus ( d'Orbigny , 1835)

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Avila, Valentin Mogollon, 2016, Synopsis of Central Andean Orthalicoid land snails (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora), excluding Bulimulidae, ZooKeys 588, pp. 1-199 : 52

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scientific name	Orthalicus phlogerus ( d'Orbigny , 1835)
status

Treatment

Taxon classification Animalia Stylommatophora Orthalicidae

Orthalicus phlogerus ( d'Orbigny, 1835) View in CoL Figs 49 A–C, 52

Helix phlogera d’Orbigny 1835: 8; Breure and Ablett 2015: 44, figs 13 iii–iv, L15iii.

Bulimus phlogerus ; d’Orbigny 1837 [1834-1847]: pl. 29 figs 6-8; d’Orbigny 1838 [1834-1847]: 259.

Orthalicus phlogerus ; Richardson 1993: 108 (references).

Type locality.

"provincia Chiquitensi (republica Boliviana)".

Type material.

NHMUK 1854.12.4.86 (6), syntypes.

Diagnosis.

Shell elongate-conical, upper whorls with a colour pattern of longitudinal, dark brown streaks, broad on the lower half, forked on the upper half of whorl, separated by whitish ‘3-like’ shapes, pattern fading on the last whorl, aperture whitish.

Dimensions.

Shell height 59.8, diameter 26.8 mm.

Distribution.

Bolivia, Dept. Santa Cruz, between San Javier and Concepción.

Ecoregion.

Chiquitano dry forests [NT0212].

Remarks.

Compared to Orthalicus mars Pfeiffer, 1861 this species is smaller, slenderer, and has the apeture in lighter colours.