Sultana (Metorthalicus) kellettii (Reeve, 1850)

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Avila, Valentin Mogollon, 2016, Synopsis of Central Andean Orthalicoid land snails (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora), excluding Bulimulidae, ZooKeys 588, pp. 1-199 : 69-70

Taxon classification Animalia Stylommatophora Orthalicidae

Sultana (Metorthalicus) kellettii (Reeve, 1850) Figs 73A, 79 A–B, 80

Bulimus kellettii Reeve 1850 [1848-1850]: pl. 89 fig. 661; Breure and Ablett 2015: 37, figs 19 iii–iv, L11ii.

Bulimus jatesi ‘Shuttleworth’ Hupé 1857: 31, pl. 8 figs 1-1a.

Bulimus fungairinoi Hidalgo 1867: 72, pl. 4 fig. 4.

Sultana kellettii ; Richardson 1993: 123 (synonymy, references); Ramírez et al. 2003: 282; Breure and Borrero 2008: 26.

Type locality.

“Ecuador?”.

Type material.

NHMUK 1975241, lectotype ( Breure and Schouten 1985: 28).

Additional material.

MNCN 15.05/3159 (2), syntypes of Bulimus fungairinoi Hidalgo.

Diagnosis.

Shell tawny coloured, the upper whorls paler, last whorl with three spiral bands of dark brown, interrupted by sinuous streaks, aperture whitish inside with a darker band behind lip, parietal callus dark.

Dimensions.

Shell height 61.2, diameter 33.2 mm.

Distribution.

Ecuador, Prov. Azuay, Cuenca; ibid., Nabón ( Strebel 1909: 160); Prov. Loja, Malacatos ( Strebel 1909: 159); Prov. Pastaza, Mera; ibid., Cerros de Abitagua; Prov. Tungurahua, Rio Negro (all Breure and Borrero 2008). Peru (?, see remarks).

Ecoregion.

Eastern Cordillera real montane forests [NT0121].

Remarks.

The Peruvian record is based on Hupé (1857: 32, "le Pérou”). Dohrn (1882: 112-114) and Pilsbry (1899: 204-205) have discussed the relationship between the different forms of this species, which is only known with certainty from Ecuador.