Sultana (Metorthalicus) maranhonensis (Albers, 1854)

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Avila, Valentin Mogollon, 2016, Synopsis of Central Andean Orthalicoid land snails (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora), excluding Bulimulidae, ZooKeys 588, pp. 1-199 : 71-72

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scientific name	Sultana (Metorthalicus) maranhonensis (Albers, 1854)
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Taxon classification Animalia Stylommatophora Orthalicidae

Sultana (Metorthalicus) maranhonensis (Albers, 1854) View in CoL Fig. 73 C–E

Bulimus maranhonensis Albers 1854: 216; Breure 2013: 31, fig 28 C–E, 28ii.

Sultana maranhonensis ; Richardson 1993: 124 (references); Ramírez et al. 2003: 282.

Type locality.

"in Columbia ad fluvium Maranhon".

Type material.

ZMB 101825, lectotype (Breure 2013: 31).

Additional material.

ZMB 111927 (1), paralectotype.

Diagnosis.

Shell tawny, with livid clouds and irregular blackish streaks and spots, height of aperture less than half the shell height.

Dimensions.

Shell height 75.6, diameter 36.8 mm.

Distribution.

Peru,?Dept. Loreto; see remarks.

Remarks.

The río Marañon nowadays runs totally through Peruvian territory, although at the time the material was collected by Warszewicz some areas were part of Colombia.