First records of Habeastrum species from Ecuador (Gastropoda, Diplommatinidae)
Three new species of the genus Habeastrum (Gastropoda, Diplommatinidae), which was known only from Brazil until now, are described from the eastern slope of the Andes in Ecuador. Habeastrum striolatum Hausdorf & Tapia, sp. nov . from Pastaza province is characterised by a minute, elongated conical shell with dense riblets. Habeastrum tayos Hausdorf, Roosen & Tapia, sp. nov . from Pastaza, Morona-Santiago, and Napo provinces is characterised by an elongated conical, coarsely ribbed shell. Habeastrum decussatum Hausdorf & Tapia, sp. nov . from Sucumbios province is characterised by a wide, elongated conical shell with fine ribs crossed by spiral lines.
Authors
- Elicio Tapia
- Bernhard Hausdorf
- Marijn T. Roosen
Institutions
- Naturalis Biodiversity Center (NL)
- Universität Hamburg (DE)
- Natural History Museum Rotterdam (NL)
- Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (EC)
- Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Evolutionary Systematics
- Published
- 2026-08-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.10.199967
- Primary Topic
- Mollusks and Parasites Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Ministerio del Ambiente, Agua y Transición Ecológica
- Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft, Forschung und Technologie
- Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador