Plekocheilus (Aeropictus) Weyrauch, 1967

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Avila, Valentin Mogollon, 2016, Synopsis of Central Andean Orthalicoid land snails (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora), excluding Bulimulidae, ZooKeys 588, pp. 1-199 : 6

Taxon classification Animalia Stylommatophora Amphibulimidae

Subgenus Plekocheilus (Aeropictus) Weyrauch, 1967

Plekocheilus (Aeropictus) Weyrauch 1967: 465.

Type species.

Bulimus veranyi Pfeiffer, 1848, by original designation.

Diagnosis.

Shell rather thin, spire short, surface with cuticular cavities filled with air, protonch finely granulated, aperture with well expanded lip.

Distribution.

Colombia, Ecuador,?Peru,?Brazil, Venezuela.

Habitat.

May be found in montane and cloud forest, and in páramos; occasionally in pockets of arid vegetation (e.g., Opuntia sp.). The vertical distribution is 1000-4000 m, with an emphasis on 2500-3000 m.