''Bostryx elatus'' is a

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air-breathing

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in the family

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Distribution

Distribution of ''Bostryx elatus'' include

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. This species was originally described from ‘ Pichicna, 2 leagues from Icucha ��between Mayoc and Huanta’. This points to a region between Mayoc in

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, 2200 m, 12°48’40’S 074°23’07’W and, most probably Huanta isspelling for Huantana">Huantana.html" ;"title="isspelling for Huantana">isspelling for Huantana 3000 m, 13°46’01’S 073°37’13’W in Apurímac Region. Fritz Haas (zoologist), Fritz Haas (1955)Fritz Haas (zoologist), Haas F. (1955). "On non-marine shells from northeastern Brazil and Peru". ''[ ieldiana Zoology'' 37: 303-337. page
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reported on specimens collected near Mayoc and Locroja 700 m, 12°41’S 074°26’Win

and added Palmira 300 m, 13°35’19’S 073°11’25’Win Apurímac Region. Beure (2010) reported on specimens collected ca. 55 km North-West of Mayoc.

Description

Haas (1955) also noted that the colour pattern varied more in the specimens from near Mayoc and Locroja. The variety in patterns, from uniformly greyish-white to uniformly streaked at irregular intervals, is also observed in material collected by Breure (2010). The aberrant pattern noted by Haas, viz. streaks with ‘lateral, triangular appendages that tend to be arranged in spiral rows’ has been observed in a single shell from the series examined by Breure (2010).

References

This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference {{Taxonbar, from=Q4948308 Bulimulidae Gastropods described in 1869