Bocourtia peakei (Breure,1978)

CLASSE: GASTROPODA: TERRESTRE

FAMÍLIA: BULIMULIDAE

ESPÉCIE: Bocourtia peakei (Breure, 1978)

Tamanho médio: 26 – 29 mm

Ocorrência: Peru (Ancash)

Localidade tipo: Peru, “Dept. Ancash, 20 km W Huaraz

Altitude: 3750 m

Nome original: Scutalus (Vermiculatus) peakei Breure, 1978

Sinônimos: Scutalus peakei Breure, 1978

Etimologia: o nome da espécie é uma homenagem a John Fordyce Peake (1933-2024), foi diretor do Departamento de Zoologia do Natural History Museum, London

Descrição original:

(Breure, 1978): “Shell up to 29.5 mm, 1.68 times as long as wide, narrowly perforate, with straight to slightly convex sides, rather solid. Colour yellowish with brown axial streaks at irregular intervals. Surface shining, the growth striae incrassate and crossed by shallow spiral furrows. Protoconch with axial, partly bifurcate wrinkles. Whorls 5.1, hardly convex, the last whorl slightly descending in front; suture well impressed. Aperture ovate, 1.52 times as long as wide, 0.53 the total length, whitish coloured inside. Peristome thin and simple. Columellar margin broadly dilated above.“

Fotos: (1-3) Natural History Museum, London: PARATYPE NHMUK 1975579, “Huraz, 20km W Huraz”, (F. G. Thompson leg., 31.iii.1972)

Figura: Breure, 1978:  (16-17) Scutalus (Vermiculatus) pyramidalis, HOLOTYPE UF, Peru, Pasco, 4.7 km S Huariaca, 43.5 mm; (18-19) Scutalus (Vermiculatus) pyramidalis PARATYPE UF, Peru, Pasco, 4.7 km S Huariaca; 45.5mm; (20) Scutalus (Vermiculatus) peakei, HOLOTYPE UF, Peru, Ancash, 20 km W Huaraz, 28.0MM

Figura 2: Breure, 1978: Figura original 308-313 – Bocourtia peakei

Fontes:

Descrição original: (como Scutalus (Vermiculatus) peakei Breure, 1978) Breure, A. S. H. (1978). Notes on and descriptions of Bulimulidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Zoologische Verhandelingen. 164(1): 3-255.
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Natural History Museum (2025). Natural History Museum (London) Collection Specimens. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.5519/qd.ap9hz5y9 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-10-12, disponível online em https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/1057297581

MolluscaBase: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1453931