Plekocheilus (Eurytus) nocturnus Pilsbry, 1939

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Avila, Valentin Mogollon, 2016, Synopsis of Central Andean Orthalicoid land snails (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora), excluding Bulimulidae, ZooKeys 588, pp. 1-199 : 14

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scientific name	Plekocheilus (Eurytus) nocturnus Pilsbry, 1939
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Treatment

Taxon classification Animalia Stylommatophora Amphibulimidae

Plekocheilus (Eurytus) nocturnus Pilsbry, 1939 View in CoL Figs 11 D–F, 15

Plekocheilus nocturnus Pilsbry 1939: 3, fig. 5; H.B. Baker 1963: 229; Richardson 1995: 317 (references).

Plekocheilus (Eurytus) nocturnus ; Breure and Borrero 2008: 6; Borrero and Breure 2011: 30, figs 16 A–F.

Type locality.

"Ecuador, Puyo".

Type material.

ANSP 170695, lectotype ( Baker 1963: 229).

Diagnosis.

Shell rather solid, last whorl inflated, sculptured with growth wrinkles and very minute, low granulation, suture descending in front but flattened behind the lip, aperture ovate, peristome expanded and narrowly reflexed.

Dimensions.

Shell height 51.0, diameter 30.6 mm.

Distribution.

Ecuador, Prov. Imbabura, Ibarra; Prov. Napo, Topo; Prov. Pastaza, Mera; ibid., Puyo.

Ecoregion.

Eastern Cordillera real montane forests [NT0121], Northwestern Andean montane forests [NT0145].