CLASSE: GASTROPODA: TERRESTRE
FAMÍLIA: AMPHIBULIMIDAE
ESPÉCIE: Plekocheilus piperitus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1837)
Tamanho médio: 44 mm
Ocorrência: Peru (San Martín, Ucayali), Brasil ( Rio Tapajós, Amapá)
Localidade tipo: Peru, “Huallaga”
Nome original: Bulinus piperitus Sowerby I 1837
Sinônimos: Plekocheilus (Eurytus) piperitus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1837), Bulimus pseudopiperatus J. Moricand, 1858
Subespécies: (1) Plekocheilus piperitus mcgintyi H. B. Baker, 1963; (2) Plekocheilus piperitus piperitus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1838); (3) Plekocheilus piperitus prodeflexus Pilsbry, 1895
Fotos:
(1,4) Natural History Museum, London: SYNTYPE de Bulinus piperitus Sowerby I 1837, NHMUK 1975329, Hualuago [sic], Peru, 55.8mm;
(2) The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia: LECTOTYPE de Strophocheilus superstriatus var. prodeflexus Pilsbry, 1895, ANSP 66439, “Balsas, Valley of Maranon R., Peru”, Webb, H. W.;
(3) HOLOTYPE de Plekocheilus piperitus mcgintyi H. B. Baker, 1963, ANSP 227455, “Rio Napo, northeastern boundary of Ecuador”, McGinty, P. P., 12.viii.1958


Figura: Borrero & Breure, 2011: (A-B) Plekocheilus tricolor (Pfeiffer, 1853), Delaware Museum of Natural History, DMNH 141691 (H=52 mm); (C–D) Plekocheilus lynciculus (Deville & Huppé, 1850), HOLOTYPE de Plekocheilus jacksoni Pilsbry, 1939, ANSP 170694 (H=45.5 mm); (E–F) Plekocheilus paraguas, UVZ 97015 (H=42 mm); (G–J) Plekocheilus piperitus (Sowerby, 1837); (G–H) DMNH 56470; (I–J) ICNB
Fontes:
Descrição original: (como Bulinus piperitus G. B. Sowerby I, 1837) Sowerby, G. B. I; Sowerby, G. B. II. (1832-1841). The conchological illustrations or, Coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent shells. London, privately published. , disponível online em http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109863
página(s): 144, fig. 93
Descrição original: (como Plekocheilus superstriatus prodeflexus Pilsbry, 1895) Pilsbry, H. A. (1895-1896). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 10: American Bulimi and Bulimuli. Streptocheilus, Plekocheilus, Auris, Bulimulus. pp i-iv, 1-213, pls 1-51. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-48, Pl. 2-15, 20 Aug 1895; pp. 49-96, Pl. 16-30, 26 Nov 1895; pp. 97-144, Pl. 31-40, 13 Mar 1896; pp. 145-213, i-iv, title page, Pl. 1, Pl. 41-51, 23 Sep 1896]. , disponível online em https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1100575
Descrição original: (como Plekocheilus mcgintyi H. B. Baker, 1963) Baker, H. B. (1963). Type land snails in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Part II. Land Pulmonata, exclusive of North America north of Mexico. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 115 (8): 191-259. Philadelphia [22 November].
página(s): 229
Simone, L. R. L. (2006). Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Brazil. Editora Gráfica Bernardi, FAPESP. São Paulo, 390 pp. página(s): 149, Fig. 504
Breure, Bram & Borrero, Francisco. (2011). The Amphibulimidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Orthalicoidea) from Colombia and adjacent areas. Zootaxa. 3054. 1-59
Breure, Bram & Vega-Luz, Ricardo. (2020). Peruvian Plekocheilus species (Mollusca, Gastropoda): an overview and description of a new species. 59. 5-10
Breure ASH, Ablett J (2011) Annotated type catalogue of the Amphibulimidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London. ZooKeys 138: 1-52. disponível online em https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.138.1847
Rodrigo B. Salvador, Marcel S. Miranda, Fernanda S. Silva, Cléo D. C. Oliveira, Janine O. Arruda, Daniel C. Cavallari, Suzete R. Gomes, Ariel La Pasta, Meire S. Pena, Ximena M. C. Ovando, Rafael M. Rosa, Anna C. A. Salles, Sonia B. Santos, Luiz R. L. Simone & Fabrizio M. Machado (2024). Checklist of the terrestrial gastropods of Brazil. Journal of Conchology 45 (2), disponível online em https://conchsoc.org/jconch-45-2
MolluscaBase: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1263323