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Drymaeus auris Pfeiffer, 1866

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Pulmonata - pulmonates »  family Bulimulidae »  genus Drymaeus

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Drymaeus auris

Author: Breure, A. & Borrero, F.

Drymaeus auris

Author: Breure & Eskens

Taxon in country check-lists*

South America: Colombia, Venezuela

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Distribution

Material. Boyaca, Otanche, La Chuncala, Sitio La Grilla [1000-1200 m], E. Linares leg., 25.ix.1996 (ICNB 3377); Cundinamarca, Pasca, near Quebrada San Joaquin (RZ); /Cundinamarca, Bogota (ANSP 107811), as D. trigonostomus (Jonas). ?, Colombia (NHMUK 1894.12.3.3); Venezuela (NHMUK, lectotype); Norte de Santander, [near Boyaca] (]MR).
Ecology. The species is known so far from the Magdalena Valley montane forests ecoregion. The actual habitat is unknown.
Remarks. These are the first confirmed records with a precise locality for Colombia. The specimen from Pasca is only tentatively referred to as this species.
Breure, A. & Borrero, F., 2019. A review of Stenostylus Pilsbry, 1898 and Drymaeus Albers, 1850 (Mollusca Gastropoda Orthalicoidea Bulimulidae) from Colombia
Author: Jan Delsing

Links and literature

EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Drymaeus auris Pfeiffer, 1866]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

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