Porphyrobaphe Shuttleworth 1856
Creators: name: Breure, Abraham S. H.
name: Borrero, Francisco J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Stylommatophora
Orthalicidae
Porphyrobaphe

description: Genus Porphyrobaphe Shuttleworth, 1856
Subgenus Porphyrobaphe (Porphyrobaphe) Shuttleworth, 1856
Type species: Bulinus iostoma Sowerby, 1824. Distribution: Peru, Ecuador.
163. Porphyrobaphe (Porphyrobaphe) iostoma (Sowerby, 1824)
Type locality: Not given.
Distribution: El Oro, near Machala (FMNH 72337); Chacras; Santa Rosa (both Pilsbry 1899: 151); Esmeraldas, 9 km SW Atacames (FLMNH 139140)*; San Lorenzo (FLMNH 109870, 166241); ravine W of Camarones (FLMNH 182642)*; Camarones, near Esmeraldas (CMC C10825, 10826); Esmeraldas [without further indication] (FMNH 94931, 127535; ZMH 9886); Guayas, 3.1 miles [5 km] N Santa Elena (FLMNH 21274)*; 5 km N Palmar (FLMNH 139104, 139116, 139117)*; 4 km N Palmar (FLMNH 139117)*; 5 km NNE Progreso [= Gómez Rendón] (FLMNH 139141)*; 4 km N Monteverde (FLMNH 139144)*; Isla Puna (FMNH 146951); Colonche (Pilsbry 1899) (ANSP 266744); Cerro Colorado, 15 km N Guayaquil (ANSP 195221); Guayaquil (ZMB); Chongón (Strebel 1909: 104); Manabí, Manta (CMC C11029, 11030; FLMNH 109869, 182643; FMNH 72331, 86701; ZMB); Machalilla (ZMB; ZMH 28452, 28453); Quebrada Balsa- Maragua, N of Jaramijo (ANSP 195222; FMNH 216972); 6 km SSE Jipijapa (FLMNH 139103, 139134)*; 11 km WSW Jipijapa (FLMNH 139136)*; 9 km WSW Paján (FLMNH 139135)*; 8 km NNW Cascol [= Cascajal] (FLMNH 139143)*; Portoviejo (Pilsbry 1899); Manabi [without further details] (ZMH 7634). “ Ecuador ” (CMC C10823, 10824, 11121; CMC C11125, as P. iostomus phasianella Valenciennes; FLMNH 48927, 48928; ZMA).
Remarks: In the ANSP-collection is a lot (ANSP 306623) labelled “Mindo” [Prov. Pichincha], on the western slopes of the Andes but at an altitude of 1100 m. This might be P. i r ro r a t u s, which is a species of higher altitudes and has also been reported from the same locality. Another lot (ANSP 142458) identified as P. iostoma is labelled “Punta Ayancay”, which suggests a location on the coast. The only name in the GNS-database is a place called Ayancay, which is in Prov. Cañar at 2375 m on the eastern slopes of the Andes.
164. Porphyrobaphe (Porphyrobaphe) saturnus (Pfeiffer, 1860)
Type locality: Pallatanga.
Distribution: Chimborazo, Pallatanga (FLMNH 109376); Riobamba (ZMB); El Oro, 10 km S Piñas (FLMNH 36106, 37404)*; 6 km N Zaruma on road to Malvas (FLMNH 36125)*; Loja, Malacatos (Strebel 1909: 107, as “Malacates”). “ Ecuador ” (CMC C10819, 11028, 11122, 11123).
Remarks: Besides the village Pillatanga in Prov. Chimborazo on the western slopes of the Andes at 1700 m, there is a Hacienda Pallatanga in Prov. Azuay on 2475 m altitude [02° 44' 00" S 078° 38' 00" W].
Subgenus Porphyrobaphe (Oxyorthalicus) Strebel, 1909
Type species: Bulimus irrorata Reeve, 1849. Distribution: Ecuador, Colombia. Remarks: Richardson (1993) lists this subgenus as synonym of the nominal one, but as he gives no arguments we have retained the classification of Zilch (1959 –1960).
165. Porphyrobabphe (Oxyorthalicus) irrorata (Reeve, 1849)
Type locality: Brazil? New Granada?. Syntypes BMNH 1975248, labelled “Quito, Ecuador ”.
Distribution: Napo, “Oriente” (FMNH 126177, 125476, 125499); Pastaza, Puyo (ANSP 170707); Mera (FLMNH 109894; FMNH 126254, 127526); Pichincha, hill N of Río Tandapi, 71.7 km SW Quito on road to Santo Domingo, 1600 m, secundary forest, in leaf litter (RMNH)*; Santo Domingo (ZMB); Mindo (ANSP 337840; FLMNH 166234; FMNH 86681, 216973); near Nanegal (ANSP 195218, 195219); Gualea (CMNH 86210); Río Cinto (ZMB); valley of Río Pilatón; (Pilsbry 1899:156); Tungurahua, Topo (ANSP 306611; 166. Porphyrobaphe (Oxyorthalicus) subirroratus (Da Costa, 1898)
Type locality: Paramba. Holotype BMNH 1907.11.21.114.
Distribution: Carchi, Hacienda Paramba; Pastaza, Mera (ANSP 220422 /1 paratype; FMNH 86675, 125481);? Pichincha, Mera (FLMNH 166243).
Remarks: The GNS-gazetteer lists two localities in Pichincha named “Hacienda Mera”, one directly south of Quito [00° 25' 00" S 078° 33' 00" W], the other now being part of that city. It is more likely—also in view of the material from the FMNH—that Mera in Pastaza is meant. The specimens are labelled Porphyrobaphe subirroratus yeronta Miller, which is an unpublished name.
description: Published as part of Breure, Abraham S. H. & Borrero, Francisco J., 2008, An annotated checklist of the land snail family Orthalicidae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Orthalicoidea) in Ecuador, with notes on the distribution of the mainland species, pp. 1-40 in Zootaxa 1768 on pages 28-29, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.274265