Potamolithus tietenense Pilsbry, 1925

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ESPÉCIE: Potamolithus tietenense Pilsbry, 1925

Tamanho médio: 5 mm

Habitat:  em curso de água doce, no fundo lodoso, sob as folhas

Ocorrência: Brasil (São Paulo)

Localidade tipo: Rio Tietê, Itapura, São Paulo

Nome original: Potamolithus tietenense Pilsbry, 1925

Sinônimos: Potamolithus tietensis [sic] Pilsbry, 1925

Descrição original:

(Pilsbry, 1925): “The shell is globose-conic, solid, smooth except for very faint lines of growth; olive. The whorls are strongly convex, the last obtusely biangular, having rounded angles at the shoulder and base, flattened between them; the angles become obsolete immediately behind the aperture, where the whorl expands bell-like; the base is but slightly convex, having a strong dark keel defining a concave columellar area. Aperture is strongly oblique, ovate. The outer lip is rather thick, broadly expanded, grayish with a dark green edge; inner margin regularly concave, moderately thickened. Alt. 3.7, diam. 4.2 mm.”

Fotos: (1,2) The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia: LECTOTYPE ANSP 109527, “Itapura, Rio Tiete, State of Sao Paulo”, coletor Dr. H. von Ihering

Fontes:

Descrição original: Pilsbry, H. A. (1925). South American land and fresh water mollusks: notes and descriptions: V. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 77: 311-315.
página(s): 312, text fig. 2a-b

Simone, L. R. L. (2006). Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Brazil. Editora Gráfica Bernardi, FAPESP. São Paulo, 390 pp.
página(s): 88

Clark Lima, L.; Souza, C. P. D. (1990). Ocorrência de um hidrobióide (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda) nos municípios de Pedro Leopoldo e Lagoa Santa, MG, Brasil. Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo. 32(2): 86-90., disponível online em https://doi.org/10.1590/s0036-46651990000200004

MolluscaBase: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1450150