Protobeliscus riparius (L. Pfeiffer, 1854)

CLASSE: GASTROPODA: TERRESTRE

FAMÍLIA: ACHATINIDAE

ESPÉCIE: Protobeliscus riparius (L. Pfeiffer, 1854)

Tamanho médio: 55 mm

Ocorrência: Equador (Carchi), Colômbia, Peru (?)

Localidade tipo: Equador, “banks of the Río Mira”

Nome original: Bulimus riparius L. Pfeiffer, 1854

Sinônimos: Obeliscus cuneus riparius (L. Pfeiffer, 1854)

Fotos: (1,2) Natural History Museum, London: SYNTYPE de Protobeliscus riparius (L. Pfeiffer, 1854), NHMUK 1987018, Equador, vale do Rio Mira, Boucier leg., 55mm

Breure & Araujo, 2017:  (A) Leptinaria anomala (Pfeiffer, 1846), MNCN 15.05/20183; (B) Leptinaria unilamellata (d’Orbigny, 1835), MNCN 15.05/20147; (C) Stenogyra regularis (Pfeiffer, 1852), MNCN 15.05/39953; (D) Subulina octona (Bruguière, 1792), MNCN 15.05/39954; (E) Obeliscus haplostylus (Pfeiffer, 1846), MNCN 15.05/37048; (F) Protobeliscus riparius (Pfeiffer, 1854), MNCN 15.05/15511, “Sn. José Ecuador’’, ‘‘(Cat. Am. mer. no. 133)”, Coll. Paz; (G) Obeliscus obeliscus (Moricand, 1834), MNCN 15.05/15513; (H) Neobeliscus calcareus (Born, 1778), MNCN 15.05/15512; (I) Synapterpes auratus (Pfeiffer, 1846), MNCN 15.05/20330; (J) Synapterpes visendus (Hidalgo, 1869), MNCN 15.05/3208. Linha da Escala: 1 mm (C), 1 cm (F–H), 5 mm (todos os outros)

Fontes:

Descrição original: (como Bulimus riparius L. Pfeiffer, 1854) Pfeiffer, L. (1854). Descriptions of nineteen new species of land shells, collected by M. Bourcier, Consul-General, Quito. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 20(247) (“1852”): 151–156 [27 June]., disponível online em https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680779
página(s): 155

Breure, A. S. H., Roosen, M. T. & Ablett, J. D. (2022). Land and freshwater molluscs of mainland Ecuador: an illustrated checklist. Iberus. 40(1): 1-290.
página(s): 96, figs. 117D-F, 125

Breure, A. S. H. & Araujo, R. (2017). The Neotropical land snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) collected by the “Comisión Científica del Pacífico.”. PeerJ. 5, e3065., disponível online em: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5354113/#

Natural History Museum (2025). Natural History Museum (London) Collection Specimens. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.5519/qd.cv5d8yso accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-01-17. https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/1056866861

MolluscaBase: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1575550