Isomeria medemi Solem, 1966

CLASSE: GASTROPODA: TERRESTRE

FAMÍLIA: LABYRINTHIDAE

ESPÉCIE: Isomeria medemi Solem, 1966

Tamanho médio: 23.3 – 24.6 mm

Ocorrência: Colômbia (Magdalena)

Localidade tipo: Colômbia, Magdalena, “Finca La Granja, San Lorenzo Ridge”, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

Altitude: ~2500 – 2700 m

Ecologia: Segundo Borrero, 2012: “All specimens were collected dead, and no ecological information was recorded. L. sieversi and Isomeria goettingi have also been collected at approximately the same location, described as humid, with rainforesT vegetation”

Nome original: Isomeria medemi Solem, 1966

Etimologia: o nome da espécie é uma homenagem a F. Medem, coletor do material tipo

Fotos: (1,2) Field Museum of Natural History (Zoology) Invertebrate Collection: HOLOTYPE FMNH 133261, Colômbia, Magdalena, 2500-2700m: “Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, San Lorenzo Ridge, Finca La Granja”, leg. F. Medem, C. A. Velásquez

Figura: Borrero, 2012: (23–27) Isomeria inexpectata, HOLOTYPE USNM 599522, 24.6 mm; (28-32) Isomeria medemi, HOLOTYPE FMNH 133261, 28.4 mm; (33–37) Isomeria goettingi, HOLOTYPE SMF 329554, 28.1 mm

Fontes:

Descrição original: Solem, A. (1966). Neotropical land snail genera Labyrinthus and Isomeria (Pulmonata, Camaenidae). Fieldiana: Zoology. 50: 1-226., disponível online em https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2780997
página(s): 136, figs 38a-d

Breure, A. S. H. (1984). Survey of the land Mollusca of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. In: T. van der Hammen & P. M. Ruiz (eds.). La Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (Colombia), Transecto Buritaca-La Cumbre. Studies on Tropical Andean Ecosystems. 2: 487-500, figs. 108-112., disponível online em https://breure.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/35_snsm-buritaca-la-cumbre.pdf

Borrero, F. J. (2012). A re-examination of the Pleurodontid land snails from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta region, Colombia, with the description of a new species of Isomeria Albers. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 141(2): 217-231.
página(s): 224, figs 28-32

Grant S, Webbink K, Keogh S (2025). Field Museum of Natural History (Zoology) Invertebrate Collection. Version 18.51. Field Museum. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/6q5vuc accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-12-14. https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/1065101762

MolluscaBase: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1371105