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Gastrocopta aliciae Miquel & Brito, 2019

Caracol terrestre, Land snail

Shell cylindrical to pupoid-conic, rimate, 5.25–5.50 convex whorls, with growth lines. Peristome rounded, slightly flattened in columellar area; ten or eleven apertural barriers. Angular and parietal lamellae joined as a bifid lamella; angular lamella curved towards upperpalatal fold; parietal lamella prolonged posteriorly, curved to the columellar lamella; strong nodule behind angular-parietal lamella; infraparietal lamella strong, parallel to angular-parietal lamella; supracolumellar lamella rounded, tubercular, with an expanded wall, sometimes absent; columellar lamella semicircular, horizontal, wall slightly expanded; subcolumellar lamella rounded, strong, oriented toward basal fold; supernumerary fold, small, like a callus; basal fold semicircular, prolonged posteriorly; infrapalatal fold small, not very prolonged; lower-palatal fold semicircular, strong, prolonged posteriorly; interpalatal and upperpalatal folds semicircular, slightly prolonged posteriorly; suprapalatal fold rounded, tubercular, developed near peristome, sometimes absent. Barriers formula: [ap(nd) + ip + spc/0 + c + sc] l + [sn + b + iap + lp + irp + up/0 + sp/0] f. (Miquel & Brito, 2019).

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Gastropoda

Order
Stylommatophora

Superfamily
Pupilloidea

Family
Vertiginidae

Genus
Gastrocopta

Species
aliciae

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

Distribution: Southwest area of Pinzón Island, at 324 masl (Miquel & Brito, 2019).

References

  • Miquel, S.E. Brito, F. (2019) Taxonomy and distribution of species of Gastrocopta Wollaston 1878 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Gastrocoptidae) from the Galápagos Islands (Ecuador) Https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330510502

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"Galapagos Species Database, Gastrocopta aliciae", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18633. Accessed 3 November 2026.