Chiliborus rosaceus (King & Broderip I, 1831)

Araya, Juan Francisco & Catalan, Ricardo, 2014, A review of the non-bulimulid terrestrial Mollusca from the Region of Atacama, northern Chile, ZooKeys 398, pp. 33-51 : 41

Chiliborus rosaceus (King & Broderip I, 1831) Figs 2.9-2.15, Table 2

Bulinus rosaceus King and Broderip, 1831: 341. Bulimus (Bulimus) rosaceus : Beck 1837: 52; Hidalgo 1870: 53. Strophocheilus (Borus) rosaceus : Pilsbry 1895: 33, pl. 5, fig. 26, pl. 6, figs 29-30. Strophocheilus (Chiliborus) rosaceus : Pilsbry 1926: 6; Bequaert 1948: 178, pl. 8, figs 2, 4. Chiliborus rosaceus : Stuardo and Vega 1985: 129.

Material examined.

Rocky hills north of Copiapo (27°21'29"S, 70°20'24"W), Commune of Copiapó, April 4 2006, JFA 100101. Pichidangui (32°08'39"S, 71°31'15"W) and Los Molles (32°13'56"S, 71°29'23"W), Region of Valparaíso, 2008, RCG (unnumbered), 9 specimens.

Diagnosis.

This species has large (up to 89 mm in examined specimens), brownish and elongate shells decorated with growth lines. Shells have crenulated sutures, a large protoconch and a thick lip. Animals have an orange or brownish body, with short grey tentacles.

Distribution and remarks.

From Huasco to Chiloé Island (42°S, 73°W) ( Stuardo and Vega 1985). This is the northernmost record for the species.