Abstract
New collection efforts in the limestone caves of Parque Nacional Cavernas do Peruaçu, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, has brought to light specimens belonging to three orthalicoid land snail species previously unrecorded from that state: Kora nigra Simone, 2015 and Kora rupestris Salvador & Simone, 2016 (Bulimulidae), and Leiostracus subtuszonatus (Pilsbry, 1899) (Simpulopsidae). All the above species were previously known from very restricted areas or just from their type locality. A possible record of Streptartemon aff. cookeanus (F. Baker, 1914) (Streptaxidae) is also reported herein.
Highlights
The knowledge on the taxonomy and geographic distribution of terrestrial gastropods in Brazil is still in its infancy, little by little the situation is being improved (Salvador 2019)
New collection efforts in the limestone caves of Parque Nacional Cavernas do Peruaçu, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, has brought to light specimens belonging to three orthalicoid land snail species previously unrecorded from that state: Kora nigra Simone, 2015 and Kora rupestris Salvador & Simone, 2016 (Bulimulidae), and Leiostracus subtuszonatus (Pilsbry, 1899) (Simpulopsidae)
Recent expeditions to Parque Nacional Cavernas do Peruaçu, located in Minas Gerais state, southeastern Brazil, have retrieved a reasonable number of specimens from cave environments, which are likewise understudied in the country (e.g., Pinto-daRocha 1995; Bichuette and Trajano 2008; Simone et al 2020)
Summary
The knowledge on the taxonomy and geographic distribution of terrestrial gastropods in Brazil is still in its infancy, little by little the situation is being improved (Salvador 2019). Recent expeditions to Parque Nacional Cavernas do Peruaçu, located in Minas Gerais state, southeastern Brazil, have retrieved a reasonable number of specimens from cave environments, which are likewise understudied in the country (e.g., Pinto-daRocha 1995; Bichuette and Trajano 2008; Simone et al 2020). We present new records of three Orthalicoidea land snail species from the state of Minas Gerais, as recognized in new material from Parque Nacional Cavernas do Peruaçu. For each of these species, the new records represent large extensions to the known distribution
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