Tamayoa chimantana Roosen & Breure, 2026

CLASSE: GASTROPODA: TERRESTRE

FAMÍLIA: SCOLODONTIDAE

ESPÉCIE: Tamayoa chimantana Roosen & Breure, 2026

Tamanho médio: 3.5 mm

Distribuição: Venezuela (Bolívar), conhecido apenas na localidade tipo 

Localidade tipo: Venezuela, Estado Bolívar, Chimantá massif, “forest below the summit of Chimantá-massif, along the trail of Río Tiraca and the summit camp” (J. A. Steyermark and J. J. Wurdack leg., 26.i,1955)

Altitude: ~1800 m

Nome original: Tamayoa chimantana Roosen & Breure, 2026

Etimologia: o nome da espécie é uma referência à localidade tipo, o maciço de Chimantá

Descrição original:

(Roosen & Breure, 2026): “Shell of small size, depressed spire and transparent periostracum. Protoconch to teleoconch transition not defined. Sculpture limited, consisting of indistinct straight growth lines. Suture shallow, partially overlapping the preceding whorl. Aperture subcircular, almost perfectly lunulate. Peristome partially damaged, but in lateral view neither thickened nor reflected. Umbilicus closed, but an umbilical cavity is visible through the transparent ultimate whorl. The body is unknown.”

Fotos: (1,2) Roosen, M. T. & Breure, A. S. H. (2026): HOLOTYPE de Tamayoa chimantana, FMNH 295271, “Venezuela, 1800m: Chimanta-warri & along trail of Rio Tioica and summit camp, Est. Bolivar”, J. A. Steyermark & J. J. Wurdack leg., 26.i,1955, 3.5mm, escala da barra =  1 mm]

Fontes:

Descrição original: Roosen, M. T. & Breure, A. S. H. (2026). Two new Scolodontidae from the Pantepui region in Venezuela (Gastropoda, Eupulmonata). Folia Conchyliologica. 77: 1-7.
página(s): 4, fig. 4

Grant S, Webbink K, D’Angelo J (2026). Field Museum of Natural History (Zoology) Invertebrate Collection. Version 18.55. Field Museum. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/6q5vuc accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-07-11. https://gbif.org/occurrence/1065164442

Molluscabase: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1877159