Naesiotus bambamarcaensis explained

Naesiotus bambamarcaensis is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bulimulidae.^[1]

Distribution

• Peru^[2]

The type locality is Cerro Machaipungo near Bambamarca.^[2] Breure (2010)^[2] have published another locality Chalamarca 06°29’29’S 078°28’07’W, Cajamarca Region, Peru, that is about 20 km SSW from the type locality.^[2]

Description

The specimens from the Chalamarca locality are slightly smaller than the holotype and vary in their dimensions, but otherwise show the colour pattern characteristic for this species, viz. corneous-brown with a whitish spiral band at the periphery of the last whorl.^[2]

References

This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference ^[2]

• Ramírez R., Paredes C., Arenas J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. Revista de Biología Tropical. 51(supplement 3): 225-284

Notes and References

1. Naesiotus (Naesiotus) bambamarcaensis Weyrauch, 1960· accepted, alternate representation
2. Breure A. S. H. & Mogollón Avila V. (2010). "Well-known and little-known: miscellaneous notes on Peruvian Orthalicidae (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)". Zoologische Mededelingen 84. HTM .