Annotated type catalogue of the Bulimulidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London
Author
Breure, Abraham S. H.
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P. O. Box 9517, Leiden, the Netherlands
bbreure@xs4all.nl
Author
Ablett, Jonathan D.
Natural History Museum, Division of Higher Invertebrates, London, SW 7 5 BD, UK
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Bulimus auris Pfeiffer, 1866
Figs 37A-C
, L7ii
Bulimus auris
Pfeiffer 1866
: 831;
Pfeiffer 1868
: 36;
Breure 1979
: 106 (lectotype designation).
Drymaeus (Drymaeus) auris
;
Breure and Eskens 1981
: 8.
Type locality.
"Venezuela"
.
Label.
"Venezuela"
; taxon name in
Pfeiffer's
handwriting. M.C. label style I.
Dimensions.
"Long. 39, diam. 14 1/2 mill."; figured specimen herein H 38.8, D 20.1, W 6+.
Type material.
NHMUK 1975499, lectotype (Cuming coll.).
Remarks.
Pfeiffer did not state on how many specimens his description was based. Only one specimen was found, which corresponds to
Pfeiffer's
original measurements; the top is damaged.
Current systematic position.
Bulimulidae
,
Drymaeus (Drymaeus) auris
(Pfeiffer, 1866).