Plekocheilus (Eurytus) gibbonius Lea 1838
Creators: name: Borrero, Francisco J.
name: Breure, Abraham S. H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Stylommatophora
Orthalicidae
Plekocheilus
Plekocheilus gibbonius

description: Plekocheilus (Eurytus) gibbonius (Lea, 1838)
(Figs 13 E–F, 14A)
Bulimus gibbonius Lea 1838: 85, pl. 23 fig. 99. Type locality: Colombia, between La Plata and Tocaima. Type material: not located (see remarks). Plekocheilus gibbonius (Lea); Richardson 1995: 312 (references, synonymy).
Material. Antioquia, Frontina: ANSP 362091; La Ceja: UVZ 83013, USNM 518431 (Daniel leg., as P. ampullaroides Nyst); Boyacá, Muzo, Hno. Apolinar María leg.: MCZ 80477; Sogamoso: UF 166220 [not seen], DMNH 141726; Humbo: ANSP 166102 (H.A. Pilsbry & J.H. Ferriss leg./1922), DMNH 128663 (P. Sánchez leg./1935); Caldas, Marmato, ex Bland: MCZ 154021; Chocó, Pangala, ca. 40 km N of Palestina, Rio San Juán, Malkin leg./ 1972: FMNH 174879; Cundinamarca, Bogotá: FMNH 31074, FMNH 31113, UF 109851, UF 166221 [not seen], ZMUZ 511582 [not seen]), BMNH 1894.2.28.4 (partim, Cuming Colln), CMC C10787 (ex Fulton), CMC C11080, USNM 532639, UMMZ 147721, UMMZ 242809 (Marsh Colln), DMNH 76770 (partim), DMNH 137441, DMNH 137441 (“from Da Costa’s collector,” Jackson Colln), RMNH; “Meta Dept., Bogotá:” UF 22134 [not seen]; Fusagasugá, Hno. Apolinar María leg.: MCZ 136467; Las Mercedes, Municipio Sasaima, 1700–1800 m, E. Mutis leg./ 1958: FMNH 114049; La Mesa (San Javier), 1000–1100 m, Hernández leg./1955: FMNH 114142; Los Alpes near El Rosario, W slope with forest, 1700 m, Hausdorf leg.: ZMH 4312; Cachipay: Finca El Porvenir, primary forest, 1600 m, Hausdorf leg./2000: ZMH 4302; Fusagasugá: ANSP 170739; Magdalena, Finca “La Granja” Cerro San Lorenzo, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Medem et al. leg./1964: FMNH 187286, FMNH 187287, FMNH 187683; Ciénaga: CM 62.2565; Quindío, “Quenden Mts., Colombia ”[= Quindío Mountains] (Abbott 1989); Santander, Los Santos, Creutzberg leg.: RMNH; Reme de San Gil [San Gil?], Hno. Apolinar María leg.: MCZ 192465; Tolima?, “between La Plata and Tocaima” (type locality);?, “ Colombia:” BMNH Reg. No. 1895.9.30.1, 1899.1.30.33, UMMZ 242805 (as P. coloratus). “North Colombia,” leg./1893: FMNH 411 (as P. coloratus lamarckianus). “ New Granada:” USNM 104909 (ex Gibbon, labeled as “ type,” see remarks), DMNH 150979 (partim, ex Walton), UMMZ 147720 (ex Rolle).?, “ Bolivia ” Ponsonby Colln: UMMZ 147719.
Altitudinal range. Few actual elevation records, ranging 10–2460 m.
Remarks. The type locality could be in the Rio Magdalena valley WSW of Tocaima, but doubt remains (see remarks under P. (P.) glandiformis). A specimen labeled as “ Type ” from Dr. Gibbon is in USNM (lot 104909). It has proven difficult to match it with the original illustration in Lea (1838: fig. 99). We found several specimens of this taxon in various museums, under the name of P. coloratus. This species has been reported from Brazil, without a precise locality (Simone 2006: 149).
There are three places with the name “Marmato” in the GNS gazetteer, in Antioquia, Caldas and Cauca. We refer this to Caldas, given the fact that Pilsbry (1899: 206) cites “Marmato and [...] Salamina,” the latter place being in Caldas. In addition, Marmato in Caldas is the better known place; it lies in the valley of the Cauca river. “ Bolivia ” may refer to one of several populated places with that name in Colombia (see Remarks under P. (P.) glandiformis), since P. gibbonius is not known with certainty from localities outside of Colombia.
description: Published as part of Borrero, Francisco J. & Breure, Abraham S. H., 2011, The Amphibulimidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Orthalicoidea) from Colombia and adjacent areas, pp. 1-59 in Zootaxa 3054 on page 42, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.278895