Kara viriata (Morelet, 1863)

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Avila, Valentin Mogollon, 2016, Synopsis of Central Andean Orthalicoid land snails (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora), excluding Bulimulidae, ZooKeys 588, pp. 1-199 : 48

Taxon classification Animalia Stylommatophora Orthalicidae

Kara viriata (Morelet, 1863) Fig. 45F

Bulimus viriatus Morelet 1863: 170, pl. 7 fig. 4.

Thaumastus viriatus ; Richardson 1995: 385 (references).

Thaumastus (Kara) viriatus ; Ramírez et al. 2003: 282.

Type locality.

[Peru] "Niguapata ( …) la vallée de Santa-Anna".

Type material.

MHNG-INVE-78772 (2), syntypes.

Diagnosis.

Shell ovate-conic, colour yellowish [with brownish axial streaks], upper whorls pale, aperture height slightly over half the shell height, peristome simple, whitish, parietal callus thin and translucent-whitish.

Dimensions.

Shell height 58.7, diameter 31.8 mm.

Distribution.

Peru, Dept. Cuzco, ‘Niguapata’.

Remarks.

The type locality is likely in the Dept. Cuzco, given the addition of "la vallée de Santa-Anna"; however, it is not mentioned in modern gazetteers. The species was described from specimens denuded of the periostracum. The figured specimen has a trace of it remaining, which suggests the colour pattern described above. Size and shape are very similar to Kara yanamensis (Morelet, 1863), and the variation and distribution of these two taxa need further study.