Pupoides (Ischnopupoides) minimus (Philippi, 1860)

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 : 39

Pupoides (Ischnopupoides) minimus (Philippi, 1860) Table 2

Bulimus minimus Philippi, 1860: 166, Pl. 7, fig. 12 a–b. Pupoides (Ischnopupoides) minimus minimus : Biese 1960: 133. Taf. 13, figs 1-4. Pupoides (Ischnopupoides) minimus : Stuardo and Vega 1985: 127; Stuardo and Vargas Almonacid 2000: 176.

Material.

El Morro hill (27°8'33"S, 70°55'35"W) and Zoológico de Piedra (26°56'20"S, 70°47'14"W), Commune of Caldera, September 2012 and January 2013, JFA 100126, 52 specimens, MZUC 39612 (lot), RMNH.MOL 329669 (lot).

Diagnosis.

This species has a tiny (up to 6 mm), whitish and elongated shell, sculptured by widely separated axial lamellae, with a small aperture and a thin and brownish periostracum.

Distribution and remarks.

Paposo to La Serena ( Stuardo and Vargas-Almonacid 2000). Here the species seem to be narrowly distributed, with small but abundant communities found in elevated rocky areas facing the Pacific Ocean.