Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Orthalicidae Scientific name Naesiotus bambamarcaensis | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Orthalicoidea Genus Naesiotus Rank Species | |
Naesiotus bambamarcaensis is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Orthalicidae.
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Distribution
The type locality is Cerro Machaipungo near Bambamarca. Breure (2010) have published another locality Chalamarca 06°29’29’S 078°28’07’W, Cajamarca Region, Peru, that is about 20 km SSW from the type locality.
Description
The specimens from the Chalamarca locality are slightly smaller than the holotype and vary in their dimensions, but otherwise show the colour pattern characteristic for this species, viz. corneous-brown with a whitish spiral band at the periphery of the last whorl.
References
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