Plekocheilus (Eudolichotis) sinuatus (Albers, 1854)

Borrero, Francisco J. & Breure, Abraham S. H., 2011, The Amphibulimidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Orthalicoidea) from Colombia and adjacent areas, Zootaxa 3054, pp. 1-59 : 52

Plekocheilus (Eudolichotis) sinuatus (Albers, 1854)

( Figs 19 L–N)

Bulimus sinuatus Albers 1854a: 32 . Type locality: Venezuela. Lectotype ZMB 101794 ( Köhler 2007: 128, fig. 9). Plekocheilus sinuatus (Albers) ; Richardson 1995: 320 (references); Breure 2009: 39, fig. 6K.

Material.?, Colombia, Cuming Colln: BMNH Acc. no. 1829; New Granada: ZMUZ 511684 [not seen]. Venezuela. Amazonas (records in Breure 2009); Aragua, path to Rico Periquito, Estación Biológica Rancho Grande, leg./ 1956: UMMZ 208416; Caracas D.F., Tacagua, Marcuzzi leg./1948: USNM 592896.?, “ Venezuela:” CMC C10888–10889, CMC C10993–10994, UMMZ 146776 (J. Ford leg.).

Remarks. To our knowledge, this taxon is confined to the Cordillera de la Costa in Venezuela and eastwards. The records from “ Colombia ” and “ New Granada ” must thus be treated with suspicion. We consider this a Venezuelan species.

Figures

FIGURE 19. Plekocheilus (Eudolichotis). A – F. P. (E.) dillwynianus (Pfeiffer, 1853). A – C. Lectotype BMNH 1975144 (H 38.1 mm), photo P. Crabb. D – F. Lectotype of spectrum Albers, 1854, ZMB 101797 (H 43 mm), photo C. Zorn. G – H. P. (E.) distortus (Bruguière, 1789), syntype of P. bisuturalis Pilsbry 1896, ANSP 25421 (H 46.1 mm). I – K. P. (E.) midas (Albers, 1852), lectotype ZMB 41456 (H 50.9 mm), photo C. Zorn. L – N. P. (E.) sinuatus (Albers, 1854), lectotype ZMB 101794 (H 52.2 mm), photo C. Zorn. O – P. P. (E.) distortus (Bruguière, 1789), lectotype of P. panamensis Pilsbry, 1910, ANSP 101314 (H 42.5 mm).