Porphyrobaphe (Porphyrobaphe) saturnus (Pfeiffer, 1860)

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Avila, Valentin Mogollon, 2016, Synopsis of Central Andean Orthalicoid land snails (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora), excluding Bulimulidae, ZooKeys 588, pp. 1-199 : 55-56

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scientific name	Porphyrobaphe (Porphyrobaphe) saturnus (Pfeiffer, 1860)
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Taxon classification Animalia Stylommatophora Orthalicidae

Porphyrobaphe (Porphyrobaphe) saturnus (Pfeiffer, 1860) View in CoL Figs 53 C–E, 56

Bulimus saturanus Pfeiffer 1860: 136 [lapsus calami, see Breure and Ablett 2015: 49].

Bulimus saturnus Pfeiffer 1860: pl. 51 fig. 6; Breure and Ablett 2015: 49, figs 15 iii–v, L17v.

Porphyrobaphe (Porphyrobaphe) saturnus ; Breure and Borrero 2008: 28.

Type locality.

"Pallatanga, Republic of Ecuador".

Type material.

NHMUK 20140080 (3), syntypes.

Diagnosis.

Shell with longitudinal pattern of stripes and some spots, peristome and parietal wall dark brown.

Dimensions.

Shell height 75.8, diameter 38.4 mm.

Distribution.

Ecuador, Prov. Chimborazo, Pallatanga; ibid., Riobamba; Prov. El Oro, 10 km S Piñas; ibid., 6 km N Zaruma; Prov. Loja, Malacatos (all Breure and Borrero 2008).

Ecoregion.

Eastern Cordillera real montane forests [NT0121], Northwestern Andean montane forests [NT0145].