First record of Thysanophoridae from Brazil (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)

By

Salvador, Rodrigo B.
Charles, Laurent
Simone, Luiz Ricardo Lopes de.
Maestrati, Philippe

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021-8-4

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

17

Series / Issue

Issue: 4

Pages

1113--1116

Subjects

Alagoas , Atlantic forest , Lyroconus , Reserva Biológica de Pedra Talhada , Thysanophora plagioptycha

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/17.4.1113

 

Abstract

The terrestrial gastropod family Thysanophoridae is reported herein for the first time from Brazil. The new record stems from a 2015 survey in the Reserva Biológica de Pedra Talhada, a protected Atlantic Forest fragment in Alagoas state, in the northeastern part of the country. Only two empty juvenile shells were found, and the specimens can be tentatively identified as Thysanophora cf. plagioptycha (Shuttleworth, 1854). Given the location is a reserve, this is potentially a natural occurrence and not a case of introduction.