Naesiotus hoodensis (Dall, 1900)

CLASSE: GASTROPODA: TERRESTRE

FAMÍLIA: BULIMULIDAE

ESPÉCIE: Naesiotus hoodensis (Dall, 1900)

Tamanho médio: 18 mm 

Ocorrência: Ilha Espanhola, Arquipélago de Galápagos, Equador

Localidade tipo: Galápagos, Ilha Hood (atual Ilha Espanhola)

Nome original: Bulimulus hoodensis Dall, 1900

Etimologia: o nome da espécie é uma referência à localidade tipo, a Ilha Hood

Descrição original:

(Dall, 1900): “Shell allied to B. unifasciatus Sby., but smaller, with about six convex, rapidly tapering whorls; nucleus sculptured as usual in the group, livid purple; later whorls smooth, polished, with no sculpture but faint incremental lines; color light yellowish brown, with two broad reddish purple spiral bands nearly peripheral, and a narrower one in front of the suture; base evenly rounded, with a narrow but deep umbilicus: aperture ovate-oblong, the peristome white, thickened and distinctly reflected; pillar broad, white, not swollen, a thin wash of callus over the body, the external coloration distinct within the aperture. Alt. of shell 18, of aperture 8.5, diam. of shell 8.5, of aperture 6 mm. “

Fotos: (1-3) Naesiotus hoodensis (Dall, 1900): Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, HOLOTYPE USNM 108498, Hood Island, coletor: Heller; Snodgrass, 18mm

Fontes:

Descrição original: (como Bulimulus hoodensis Dall, 1900) Dall, W. H. (1900). Additions to the insular land-shell faunas of the Pacific coast, especially of the Galápagos and Cocos Islands. Proceedings of the Academy of the Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 52: 88-106, plate 8., disponível online em https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24693968
página(s): 91

Breure, A. S. H. & Borrero, F. J. (2008). An annotated checklist of the land snail family Orthalicidae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Orthalicoidea) in Ecuador, with notes on the distribution of the mainland species. Zootaxa. 1768: 1-40., disponível online em https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1768.1.1
página(s): 13

MolluscaBase: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1758456