Mesembrinus marmoratus Breure, Mogollón & Vega‑Luz, 2024

CLASSE: GASTROPODA: TERRESTRE

FAMÍLIA: BULIMULIDAE

ESPÉCIE: Mesembrinus marmoratus Breure, Mogollón & Vega‑Luz, 2024

Tamanho médio: 45 mm

Ocorrência: Peru, Departamento de Huánuco

Localidade tipo: “Peru, Huánuco Department, Pachitea Province, Tambo de Vaca”

Habitat: vive em árvores e arbustos nas Yungas Peruanas

Nome original: Mesembrinus marmoratus Breure, Mogollón & Vega‑Luz, 2024

Descrição:

(Breure et al. 2024): “Shell up to 45.0 mm, 2.2 times as long as wide, imperforate, with almost straight sides; elongate, moderately solid. Colour yellowish to dark brown, in some specimens with hues of pink, the pattern giving a marbled impression by dispersed yellowish dots, with predominantly darker axial streaks which are straight, undulating or merging with each other. Surface rather shiny, with growth striae somewhat incrassate, in some specimens giving a puckered impression. Protoconch with a grating sculpture of axial riblets and spiral striae, which are of equal strength. Whorls 7.0, hardly convex; suture impressed. Aperture subovate, skewed; 1.64 times as long as wide, 0.49 times the total length. Peristome thin and simple; on the outside with a light band, on the inside with a pinkish zone. Columellar margin thin, receding. Parietal region with a thin, transparent callus.”

Zoobank: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:83A4CECF-101C-47AD-9FDB-D04D990C7AB6

Fotos: (1) Breure et al. 2024: HOLOTYPE NHMUK 20240087, 38.3mm

Figura: Breure et al. 2024: (A) HOLOTYPE NHMUK 20240087; (B) PARATYPE, coleção particular Valentín Mogollón Ávila

Fontes:

Descrição original: Breure, Abraham S.H.; Oroño, Eugenia Salas; Ablett, Jonathan D.; Vega-Luz, Ricardo & Mogollón Ávila, Valentín (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

página(s) 339-340

MolluscaBase: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1784499