Epiphragmophora rhathymos (Holmberg, 1912)

CLASSE: GASTROPODA: TERRESTRE

FAMÍLIA: EPIPHRAGMOPHORIDAE

ESPÉCIE: Epiphragmophora rhathymos (Holmberg, 1912)

Tamanho médio: 26.7 – 30.8 mm

Ocorrência: Argentina (Catamarca, Salta, Tucumán, Córdoba): “Epiphragmophora rhathymos is more abundant in Catamarca Province, but it is also found in some localities of Salta, Tucumán and Córdoba provinces, northwestern and central Argentina. Although is distributed mainly in the Chaco biogeographic province, there are some localities in Salta and Tucumán, where the vegetation is a transition to Yungas rainforest”

Localidade tipo: Argentina, Quebrada del Tola, Sierra de Catamarca, Hieronymus leg., Doering, det. (Zilch, 1971)

Nome original: Helix rhathymos Holmberg, 1912

Descrição:

(Cuezzo, 2006): “Dextral, subglobose, semisolid; spire shallow conical; medium to large size; 4 ½ convex whorls; pale brown to pale chestnut; body whorl with one equatorial brown peripheral band that also lines the suture but is absent on spire; protoconch smooth; surface
of body whorl with very thin growth-lines and peripheral lines, giving appearance of a malleated surface; suture shallow; aperture circular with white to chestnut, thick, reflexed peristome; parietal wall space between margins of upper and basal lip narrow; body whorl abruptly descending behind aperture; umbilicus deep, narrow, partly overlapped by basal columelar peristomal lip.”

Fotos (1-3): Montenegro et al. 2024: (1)  Cuesta de los Angeles, Catamarca. 28.0 mm; (2) Dique Cabra Corral, Salta, 23.4 mm; (3) animal vivo: Ramblones, Catamarca

Figura: Cuezzo, 2006: (A) Epiphragmophora proseni (MLP, HOLOTYPE), escala da barra = 10 mm; (B) Epiphragmophora puella (MLP, HOLOTYPE), escala da barra = 20 mm; (C) Epiphragmophora puntana (MACN 1284, LECTOTYPE), escala da barra = 10 mm; (D) Epiphragmophora rhathymos (FML 14520), escala da barra = 10mm

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Descrição original: nd

Cuezzo, M. G. (2006). Systematic revision and cladistic analysis of Epiphragmophora Doering from Argentina and southern Bolivia (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Xanthonychidae). Malacologia. 49(1): 121−188.
página(s): 148

Iconografía de moluscos continentales de Argentina: primera parte / Rubén Francisco Montenegro … [et al.], 2024 – 1a edición; Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires: Fundación de Historia Natural Félix de Azara, 2024
Libro digital, PDF

Molluscabase: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1252593