Drymaeus araujoi Vega-Luz, Breure & Mogollón, 2024

CLASSE: GASTROPODA: TERRESTRE

FAMÍLIA: BULIMULIDAE

ESPÉCIE: Drymaeus araujoi Vega-Luz, Breure & Mogollón, 2024

Tamanho médio: 54 mm

Ocorrência: Peru, Departamento de Amazonas

Localidade tipo: Peru, Departamento de Amazonas, Distrito de Limabamba

Altitude: 2000 – 2400 m

Habitat: vive em árvores e arbustos, Yungas Peruana

Nome original: Drymaeus araujoi Vega-Luz, Breure & Mogollón, 2024

Etimologia: o nome da espécie é uma homenagem a Rafael Araujo Armero (1960–2021), ex-curador de malacologia do MNCN

Zoobank: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:AFDCB8F4-F4E5-4355-8344-0781A07B8037

Descrição original:

(Breure et al, 2024): “shell to 53.8 mm high, 2.47 times as long as wide, narrowly umbilicate, elongate, with almost straight sides, moderately solid. Colour whitish, with one spiral band of narrow, elongate dots just above periphery, and axial, partially undulating or zigzag bursts of dark brown; upper whorls with two broken spiral bands, with undulating axial streaks of brown, fading away above on spire. Surface slightly shiny, with prominent growth striae. Protoconch with reticulate sculpture of axial riblets and spiral striae, of equal strength. Whorls 7.7, hardly convex; suture impressed. Aperture subovate; basal margin relatively short; inside with purplish hue near peristome, otherwise whitish; 1.76 times as long as wide, 0.72 times total length. Peristome slightly expanded, whitish; outside with light beige band. Columellar margin expanded, receding above, triangularly”

Fotos: Breure et al 2024: Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, HOLOTYPE MNCN 15.05/200535, leg. V. Castillo, x.2021, 54mm

Fontes:

Descrição original: Breure et al, 2024: Struggling with shells: Drymaeus Albers, 1850 and Mesembrinus Albers, 1850 species (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Bulimulidae) from Peru—an illustrated checklist and descriptions of new species. Journal of Conchology 45 (2), 2024. disponível online em https://conchsoc.org/jconch-45-2

MolluscaBase: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1784497