Bostryx albicans (Broderip, 1832)

CLASSE: GASTROPODA: TERRESTRE

FAMÍLIA: BULIMULIDAE

ESPÉCIE: Bostryx albicans (Broderip, 1832)

Tamanho médio: 18-21 mm

Ocorrência: Chile, Copiapó, Região de Atacama até Coquimbo, Região de Coquimbo Stuardo & Vega (1985)

Localidade tipo: “ad Copiapo, Chili”

Nome original: Bulinus albicans Broderip, 1832

Descrição:

(Pilsbry, 1896): “Shell umbilicated, obese-ovate, rather thin; with five and a half convex white whorls with indistinct grayish streaks or closely speckled and streaked throughout with brown, the markings translucent by transmitted light. Apex roseate or corneous; protoconch smooth (at high magnification with very fine lines near the sutures), translucent, yellowish white or roseate in juvenile specimens. Spire conic, apex rather obtuse, smooth. Surface with rather coarse, irregular growth-wrinkles, more or less plicate below sutures, and decussated above the middle by spiral incised lines, rather few and sometimes subobsolete. Aperture over half the height, ovate, white to brownish inside; outer lip thin, sharp, unexpanded. Columella dilated above, nearly straight, brownish or rose; parietal wall with almost imperceptible glaze.”

Fotos: (1-3) Museu Nacional de História Natural, Paris: SYNTYPE MNHN-IM-2000-28218, Coll. Férussac 1837, Coll. Cuming- Parreys, 17.5 mm, Copiapó, Chile

Fontes:

Descrição original: (como Bulinus albicans Broderip, 1832) Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1832-1833). [Descriptions of new species of shells from the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America, and among the islands of the southern Pacific Ocean.]. Proceedings of the Committee of Science and correspondence of the Zoological Society of London. Part II for 1832: 25–33 [21 April 1832], 50-61 [5 June 1832], 104–108 [31 July 1832], 113–120 [14 August 1832]; 173–179 [14 Jan. 1833], 194–202 [13 March 1833]., disponível online em https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26730700
página(s): 105

Araya J.F. (2015). The Bulimulidae (Mollusca: Pulmonata) from the Región de Atacama, northern Chile. PeerJ. 3:e1383., disponível online em https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1383

MolluscaBase: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=866580