Plekocheilus ( Aeropictus ) quadricolor (Pfeiffer, 1848)

Borrero, Francisco J. & Breure, Abraham S. H., 2011, The Amphibulimidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Orthalicoidea) from Colombia and adjacent areas, Zootaxa 3054, pp. 1-59 : 13

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scientific name	Plekocheilus ( Aeropictus ) quadricolor (Pfeiffer, 1848)
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Plekocheilus ( Aeropictus) quadricolor (Pfeiffer, 1848)

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Bulimus quadricolor Pfeiffer 1848a: 229 View in CoL . Type locality: Venezuela, Edo. Mérida, Chachopo. Lectotype BMNH 1975283 ( Breure 1978). Plekocheilus quadricolor (Pfeiffer) ; Richardson 1995: 324 (references only).

Material. Venezuela, Mérida, Chachopo: BMNH 1975283, BMNH 1975284/2 ( paralectotypes); Nevados, 3000 m, Gabaldón leg./1903: USNM 109525; Sierra Nevada mountains, 6000 ft [~ 1800 m], Gabaldon & sons leg.: USNM 206483.

Altitudinal range. The localities reported comprise a range of 1800–3000 m.

Remarks. This species is more elongated than P. veranyi , with which it is sympatric. The lectotype is nearly devoid of the ‘air pockets’ typical for Aeropictus and looks at first glance more like some Eurytus species (e.g. P. ( E.) juliani Haas, 1955 from Venezuelan Guayana; see Breure 2009). However, the paralectotypes show these ‘air pockets’ more strongly. The Colombian reference to this species by Abbott (1989: 95) is probably an error.