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Issue: Vol. 2416 No. 1: 1 Apr. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-04-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2416.1.3
Page range: 51–60
Abstract views: 48
PDF downloaded: 2

Additional notes on Orthalicidae from the Chimantá massif, Venezuelan Guayana, with descriptions of new species of Plekocheilus Guilding, 1828 (Mollusca: Gastropoda)

National Museum of Natural History ‘Naturalis,’ P.O. Box 9517, Leiden, The Netherlands
Department of Geology and Paleontology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Mlynska dolina, Pav. G, 84215 Bratislava, Slovakia
Mollusca Venezuela taxonomy ecology endemism new species distribution

Abstract

Two new species are described from Venezuelan Guayana, Chimantá massif: Plekocheilus (P.) vlceki and P. (Eurytus) breweri. Some remarks are made on the ecology of the latter species in relation to birds. Finally some notes on conservation issues are made, highlighting possible threats by climate change.

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