Plekocheilus (Plekocheilus) cecepeus Breure & Araujo, 2015

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Avila, Valentin Mogollon, 2016, Synopsis of Central Andean Orthalicoid land snails (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora), excluding Bulimulidae, ZooKeys 588, pp. 1-199 : 20

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scientific name	Plekocheilus (Plekocheilus) cecepeus Breure & Araujo, 2015
status

Treatment

Taxon classification Animalia Stylommatophora Amphibulimidae

Plekocheilus (Plekocheilus) cecepeus Breure & Araujo, 2015 View in CoL Figs 8 D–F

Plekocheilus (Plekocheilus) cecepeus Breure and Araujo 2015: 89, fig. 2.

Type locality.

"Ecuador, Quito".

Type material.

MNCN 15.05/60013H, holotype.

Additional material.

MNCN 15.05/60013P (5), MNCN 15.05/7477P (3), paratypes.

Diagnosis.

See above.

Dimensions.

Shell height 44.8, diameter 25.3 mm.

Distribution.

Ecuador, without precise locality.

Remarks.

This species was described on the basis of material collected by the Comisión Científica del Pacífico with an imprecise locality. While more precise records are awaited, it is suggested that the eastern Cordillera could be a possible location where this species might occur.