CLASSE: GASTROPODA: TERRESTRE
FAMÍLIA: BULIMULIDAE
ESPÉCIE: Mesembrinus praetextus (Reeve, 1849)
Tamanho médio: 39 mm
Ocorrência: Peru, Departamento de Cajamarca
Localidade tipo: “Andes of Caxamarca Peru”
Nome original: Bulimus praetextus Reeve, 1849
Sinônimos: Drymaeus (Drymaeus) praetextus (Reeve, 1849); Drymaeus praetextus (Reeve, 1849)
Fotos: (1,2) Natural History Museum, London: LECTOTYPE NHMUK 198340, coll Hugh Cuming, 39mm

Fontes:
Descrição original: (como Bulimus praetextus Reeve, 1849) Reeve, L. A. (1848-1850). Monograph of the genus Bulimus. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, , vol. 5, pls. 1–89 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London [pls. 1-9, Apr. 1848; 10-12, 15-19, May 1848; 13, 14, 20-25, Jun. 1848; 26-33, Jul. 1848; 34, 35, Aug. 1848; 36, 37, Sept. 1848; 38-45, Oct. 1848; 46-53, Nov. 1848; 54-57, Dec. 1848; 58-61, Jan. 1849; 62-64, Mar. 1849; 65-69, May 1849; 70-73, 75, Jul. 1849; 74, 76, 77, Aug. 1849; 78, 79, Sept. 1849 78-79; pls. 80-84, Dec. 1849; pls. 85-89, Feb. 1850]. , disponível online em https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8966758
página(s): pl. 71, species 515
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
MolluscaBase: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1452307