Bostryx louisae Breure, 1978

CLASSE: GASTROPODA: TERRESTRE

FAMÍLIA: BULIMULIDAE

ESPÉCIE: Bostryx louisae Breure, 1978

Tamanho médio: 15 mm

Ocorrência: Peru (Apurimac)

Localidade tipo: Peru, Departamento de Apurimac, 19.5 km SW Abancay

Altitude: 1750 – 1960 m

Nome original: Bostryx louisae Breure, 1978

Etimologia: o nome da espécie é uma homenagem à Dra. Loek van der Molen (Leiden)

Descrição original:

(Breure, 1978): “Shell up to 15.5 mm, 5.2 times as long as wide, imperforate, thin; cylindrical, the first four whorls strongly increasing in diameter, shell reaching the greatest width after 7-8 whorls. Colour whitish, with an irregular pattern of corneous axial streaks. Surface shining, with incrassate growth striae. Protoconch smooth. Whorls 13.5, nearly flat, the last whorl subcarinate (in some specimens with an impressed line above the keel); suture hardly impressed. Aperture squarish-ovate, oblique, 1.2 times as long as wide, 0.13 times total length. Peristome thin and simple.”

Fotos: (1,2) cortesia Femorale, 2025, Peru, 14.1 e 13.8mm respectivamente

Figura: Breure, 1978:  Bostryx louisae, “Peru, Apurimac, 19.5 km SW Abancay. (146) HOLOTYPE (H=15.5mm); (147) PARATYPE RMNH 55213

Fontes:

Descrição original: Breure, A. S. H. (1978). Notes on and descriptions of Bulimulidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Zoologische Verhandelingen. 164(1): 3-255.
página(s): 100, figs 146-147

MolluscaBase: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1342481