Naesiotus florschuetzi Breure, 1978

CLASSE: GASTROPODA: TERRESTRE

FAMÍLIA: BULIMULIDAE

ESPÉCIE: Naesiotus florschuetzi Breure, 1978

Tamanho médio: 18 mm

Ocorrência: Equador (El Oro, Guayas)

Localidade tipo: Equador, “Prov. El Oro, 31 miles N Santa Rosa”

Nome original: Naesiotus florschuetzi Breure, 1978

Etimologia: o nome da espécie é uma homenagem ao botânico Dr. P. Florschutz (University of Utrecht)

Descrição original:

(Breure, 1978): “shell up to 22.5 mm, 2.4 times as long as wide, widely perforate, with slightly convex sides, elongate, rather solid. Colour whitish; the upper whorls greyish, ornamented with yellowish-brown axial streaks at irregular intervals. Surface lustreless, with epidermal spiral striae which are dissolved into series of oblong, narrow granules. Protoconch with straight axial riblets (the interstices 4-5 times the width of the riblets) and numerous fine spiral lines in between. Whorls 7.9, slightly convex, the last whorl somewhat inflated; suture well impressed. Aperture elongate- to squarish-ovate, 1.8 times as long as wide, 0.36 times the total length. Peristome thin and simple. Columellar margin reflexed and somewhat dilated above. Parietal region with a transparent callus”

Fotos: (1) cortesia Femorale, 2022, Equador, 17.9mm; (2) cortesia Carles Dorado (Allspira), Equador, Macará, Província de Loja, ii.2018, 18.45mm

Fontes:

Descrição original: Breure, A. S. H. (1978). Notes on and descriptions of Bulimulidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Zoologische Verhandelingen. 164(1): 3-255.
página(s): 160, pl. 2, fig. 2

Breure, A. S. H., Roosen, M. T. & Ablett, J. D. (2022). Land and freshwater molluscs of mainland Ecuador: an illustrated checklist. Iberus. 40(1): 1-290.
página(s): 174, figs. 235, 240

MolluscaBase: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1578340