Kara thompsonii (Pfeiffer, 1845)

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Avila, Valentin Mogollon, 2016, Synopsis of Central Andean Orthalicoid land snails (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora), excluding Bulimulidae, ZooKeys 588, pp. 1-199 : 47-48

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scientific name	Kara thompsonii (Pfeiffer, 1845)
status

Treatment

Taxon classification Animalia Stylommatophora Orthalicidae

Kara thompsonii (Pfeiffer, 1845) View in CoL Figs 44 A–B, 45 A–D, 47, 88A

Bulimus thompsonii Pfeiffer 1845: 74; Breure and Ablett 2015: 51, figs 8 i–ii, L17iii.

Orphnus thompsoni var. lutea Cousin 1887: 212; Breure 2011: 35, figs 7A, 7i.

Orphnus thompsoni var. nigricans Cousin 1887: 212; Breure 2011: 35, figs 7B, 7ii.

Orphnus thompsoni var. olivaceus Cousin 1887: 212; Breure 2011: 36, figs 7C, 7iii.

Orphnus thompsoni var. zebra Cousin 1887: 212; Breure 2011: 42, figs 7D, 7iv.

Thaumastus (Kara) thompsoni [sic]; Breure and Borrero 2008: 7.

Type locality.

[Ecuador] “Quito”.

Type material.

NHMUK 1975464, lectotype ( Breure 1978: 34).

Additional material.

NHMUK 1975465 (2), paralectotypes. RBINS/MT2358, lectotype of Orphnus thompsoni var. lutea Cousin; RBINS/MT2363, lectotype of Orphnus thompsoni var. nigricans Cousin; RBINS/MT2366, lectotype of Orphnus thompsoni var. olivaceus Cousin; RBINS/MT2375, lectotype of Orphnus thompsoni var. zebra Cousin.

Diagnosis.

Shell (rather) elongate, coloured with yellowish to brown, with light to darker brown, axial streaks, the upper whorls paler, a white girdle below the crenulate suture, aperture height less than half the shell height, peristome simple, whitish, a darker band inside the aperture behind the lip.

Dimensions.

Shell height 71.0, diameter 32.0 mm.

Distribution.

Ecuador, Prov. Azuay, Cuenca, Azogues ( Cousin 1887); ibid., San Francisco (RMNH 114279); prov. El Oro, Zaruma (USNM 515471).

Ecoregion.

Eastern Cordillera real montane forests [NT0121].