A NEW OXYCHONA SPECIES (GASTROPODA: PULMONATA: ORTHALICIDAE) FROM BAHIA STATE, BRAZIL

作者：Salvador Rodrigo Brincalepe^*; Cavallari Daniel Caracanhas

来源：Journal of Conchology, 2013, 41: 315-318.

• Bulimulinae
• Ilheus
• Bahia State
• Oxychona maculata sp nov.

Part of the private collection of the late public health physician and shell collector Jorge Faria Vaz was recently donated to the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo (MZSP; Sao Paulo, Brazil). A new species of pulmonate land snail, Oxychona maculata sp. nov. (Orthalicidae), was found in this collection and is herein described. The species stems from Bahia state, Brazil, a place that has been revealing many new land snail species, which also shows how little this fauna is known. Finding a new species in an old collection is a stark reminder of the importance of museum collections. Unfortunately, it is not known if Oxychona maculata can still be found in the wild, but it is a reminder that the remaining fragments of the Atlantic forest can house many endemic species and, therefore, should be properly preserved.

• 出版日期2013-5