Material. Bolivar, near Cartagena (USNM, syntypes); Ibidem, ex Anthony (MCZ 64731); Casanare, Cano Garzon, S. Renjifo leg., iv.1946 (MCZ 177963); Cundinamarca, Tocaima, Jaramillo leg. (MCZ 177982); La Guajira, 18 km SW Carraipia, Quebrada Paradero, 100-200 m, O.L. Haught leg., 1943 (USNM 599644); Sierra Perija, above Airoca [?], 6000 ft. [-1830 m], M.A. Carriker jr. leg. (USNM 488790); near Becerril, Quebrada Boquete (USNM 599489); Tolima, Alvarado, 310 m, O. Rangel leg., vi.1980 (ICNB 0122). Panama, Canal Zone, Barro Colourado Island, J. Zetek leg., 20.ii.1942 (DMNH 164045); Ibidem, ex Jackson (FMNH 63681); Ibidem, G.B. Fairchild leg., 9.ii.l939 (MCZ 100645); Prov. Panama, Arraijan, Rio Caseres, Finca Bergeron, E.S. Bergeron leg., lO.x.1961 (FMNH 126949). ?. Colombia, ex Cuming (NHMUK n.c).
Ecology. The records for this species are situated in Guajira-Barranquilla xeric scrub, Sinu Valley dry forests, and Llanos ecoregions. The actual habitat is unknown.
Remarks. This species appears to be limited in distribution within Colombia to generally low elevations, with two exceptions (FMNH 187576, and USNM 488790). It has been reported from Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama (Thompson 2011); we have evaluated some lots from the latter country, but its occurrence in the other countries remain to be confirmed with the type material. The lot from Tocaima (MCZ 177982) is identified as this species but we doubt if its collecting locality is correct as the altitude is far outside the known range (therefore not included in the distribution map). Lots ICNB 0122, and FMNH 126949 are tentatively placed here; the latter is a juvenile. LINARES & VERA (2012) overlooked the new name introduced by PILSBRY 1898 [1897-1898] to solve the homonymy of Bulimus maculatus Lea, 1838.