CLASSE: GASTROPODA: TERRESTRE
FAMÍLIA: BOTHRIEMBRYONTIDAE
ESPÉCIE: Plectostylus elegans (L. Pfeiffer, 1842)
Tamanho médio: 36 mm
Ocorrência: Chile (Atacama)
Localidade tipo: “Huasco, Chile (Bridges)”
Nome original: Succinea elegans L. Pfeiffer, 1842
Sinônimos: Bulimulus (Plectostylus) coquimbensis var. perelegans Pilsbry, 1897
Fotos: (1) Breure & Ablett, 2012: LECTOTYPE de Succinea elegans Pfeiffer, 1842, NHMUK 1975360, “Questa de Arenas / Huasco, Chili”, 30.0 mm; (2) Senckenberg Natural History Museum, Frankfurt: SYNTYPE de Plectostylus coquimbensis subsp. perelegans (Pilsbry, 1897), SMF 302154, Chile, 33.5 mm

Figura: Breure & Ablett, 2012: (A–B, i) Plectostylus broderipii (Sowerby I, 1832), LECTOTYPE NHMUK 20100655 (H = 44.5mm); (C–D, ii) Plectostylus coturnix (Sowerby, 1832), possível SYNTYPE NHMUK 20100620 (H = 32.4mm); (E–H) Plectostylus broderipii (Sowerby I, 1832); (E–F, iii) LECTOTYPE de Bulimus broderipi var. elongata d’Orbigny, 1837 NHMUK 1854.12.4.102 (H = 30.5mm); (G–H, iv) LECTOTYPE de Succinea elegans Pfeiffer, 1842 NHMUK 1975360 (H = 30.0mm)
Fontes:
Descrição original: (como Succinea elegans L. Pfeiffer, 1842) Pfeiffer, L. (1842). Symbolae ad historiam Heliceorum, Part II [Sectio altera.] Kassel (Th. Fischer). 147 pp. [< 21 December]. disponível online em https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12254177
página(s): 56
Descrição original: (como Bulimulus (Plectostylus) coquimbensis var. perelegans Pilsbry, 1897) Pilsbry, H. A. (1897-1898). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 11: American Bulimulidae: Bulimulus, Neopetraeus, Oxychona, and South American Drymaeus. pp 1-339, pls 1-51. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-64, pls. 1-13, May 11, 1897; pp. 65-144, pls. 14-25, Oct. 15, 1897; pp. 145-208, pls. 27-41, May 3, 1898; pp. 209-339, pls. 26, 42-51, Dec. 7, 1898]. , disponível online em https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1101398
página(s): 11, pl. 8 figs 18-22
Breure, A. S. H. & Ablett, J. D. (2012). Annotated type catalogue of the Bothriembryontidae and Odontostomidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London. ZooKeys. 182: 1-70., disponível online em https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.182.2720
Valdovinos, C. & Stuardo, J. R. (1988). Morfología, sistemática y distribución del género Plectostylus Beck 1837 (Pulmonata: Bulimulidae). Gayana, Zoologia. 52(1-2): 115–195., disponível online em https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28128676
página(s): 129
Molluscabase: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1337721