The Neotropical land snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) collected by the ‘Comisión Científica del Pacífico’
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- Subject Areas
- Biogeography, Taxonomy, Zoology
- Keywords
- Mollusca, Gastropoda, biohistory, biographical data, 19th century, expedition, South America, Central America
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- © 2017 Breure et al.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ Preprints) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited.
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- 2016. The Neotropical land snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) collected by the ‘Comisión Científica del Pacífico’. PeerJ Preprints 5:e2667v1 https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.2667v1
Abstract
The land snails collected by the ‘Comisión Científica del Pacifíco’ (CCP), a Spanish expedition to South and Central America from 1862–1866, are restudied and revised. The historical context of the expedition and the study of its collected material are described. Biographical data is given for the main persons involved. The land snails were previously studied by Joaquin Hidalgo between 1867 and 1893. A total of 3470 specimens belonging to 211 species are treated in this paper. Of 34 species mentioned by Hidalgo is his catalogue, the corresponding material could not be located. A lectotype is now designated for Drymaeus (Drymaeus) chanchamayensis (Hidalgo, 1870); Bulimus visendus Hidalgo, 1869 is now placed in the genus Synapterpes Pilsbry, 1896, a new combination.
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This is a submission to PeerJ for review.
Supplemental Information
Portraits of persons mentioned in this study
(A) Mariano Graells, together with alumnos, unknown date (MNCN-CSIC); (B) Patricio Paz y Membiela, unknown date (CCHS-CSIC).
