Plectostylus broderipii (Sowerby I, 1832)

Araya, Juan Francisco & Catalan, Ricardo, 2014, A review of the non-bulimulid terrestrial Mollusca from the Region of Atacama, northern Chile, ZooKeys 398, pp. 33-51 : 35

Plectostylus broderipii (Sowerby I, 1832) Figs 3.1-3.4, Table 2

Bulinus broderipii Sowerby I, 1832: 30, figs 1,1*. Bulimus (Plectostylus) broderipii : Beck 1837: 58. Bulimus broderipii : Reeve 1849: pl. 16, fig. 97; Hidalgo 1870: 117. Bulimus (Plectostylus) broderipi : Pilsbry 1897: 4, pl. 6, figs 79-83. Plectostylus broderipi : Stuardo and Vega 1985: 135; Valdovinos and Stuardo 1988: 121, figs 86-88, pl. 3, figs 28-30, Table 3; Valdovinos 1999: 151; Neubert and Janssen 2004: 203, Taf. 13, fig. 156; Köhler 2007: 141, fig. 69; Breure and Ablett 2012: 8, figs 4 A–B, 4i.

Material examined.

El Morro hill (27°08'43"S, 70°55'42"W) and Aguas verdes sector (26°52'S, 70°48'W), Commune of Caldera, JFA 100112, 35 specimens, RMNH.MOL.329662 (lot).

Diagnosis.

Shells elongate-globose, imperforate, whorls convex with a pattern of axial and spiral brownish streaks. Last whorl ample, lip simple.

Distribution and remarks.

From Iquique (20°30'S, 69°30'W) to Huasco ( Valdovinos and Stuardo 1988). This species was moderately abundant in the area, living in sand near cacti, and in rocky outcrops.