Naesiotus veseyianus (Dall, 1893)

CLASSE: GASTROPODA: TERRESTRE

FAMÍLIA: BULIMULIDAE

ESPÉCIE: Naesiotus veseyianus (Dall, 1893)

Tamanho médio: 36.5 mm

Ocorrência: México (Baja California)

Localidade tipo: México, “Espiritu Santo Id., Gulf of California”

Nome original: Bulimulus (Leptobyrsus) veseyianus Dall, 1893

Etimologia: o nome da espécie é uma homenagem ao advogado e naturalista húngaro John Xantus de Vesey (1825-1894), pelo conhecimento sobre a fauna da Baja California

Descrição original:  

(Dall, 1893) “Shell stout, inflated, brownish, polished, with seven whorls; suture appressed, distinct, but shallow; nucleus wornin all the specimens butapparently not differing from that of B. Bryanti except as being more blunt; whorls except the last rather rounded, the last whorl somewhat flattened at the periphery; umbilicus large but narrow, overshadowed by: very wide expansion of the pillar-lip; aperture large, the lips approximated behind, the reflection wide and greatly recurved, of a livid waxen passing into white at themargin; body moderately callous, pillar straight with an obscure fold visible at the aperture, internally with a large thick sublinguiform lamina; surface of the shell like that of Bulimulus excelsus, but more polished”

Fotos: (1) Naesiotus veseyianus, cortesia Femorale, 2011, México, Baja California, 39.7mm; (2) Dall, W. H. (1893), desenho HOLOTYPE CAS  34122, coll. Belding, 1883

Fontes:

Descrição original: (como Bulimulus (Leptobyrsus) veseyianus Dall, 1893) Dall, W. H. (1893). Land shells of the genus Bulimulus in Lower California, with descriptions of several new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 16: 639-647, pls. 71-72., disponível online em https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15781007
página(s): 645

Thompson, F. G. (2011). An annotated checklist and bibliography of the land and freshwater snails of México and Central America. Florida Museum of Natural History Bulletin. 50(1): página(s) 1-299

MolluscaBase: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1064270