Annotated type catalogue of Bothriembryon (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in Australian museums, with a compilation of types in other museums
Author
Breure, Abraham S. H.
Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis, P. O. Box 9517, Leiden, the Netherlands
bbreure@xs4all.nl
Author
Whisson, Corey S.
Western Australian Museum, Locked Bag 49, Welshpool, WA 6106
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Bulimus onslowi Cox, 1864
Fig. 5H
Bulimus onslowi
Cox 1864
: 185;
Kendrick and Wilson 1975
: 308, pl. 5 figs 1a-b; B.J.
Smith 1992
: 106.
Type locality.
"Dirk
Hartog's
Island, Shark Bay, Western Australia".
Label.
See Remarks.
Dimensions.
"Long. 0.85, diam. 0.60 unc. [H 21.6, D 15.2 mm]"; figured specimen H 21.7, D 13.9, W 4.6.
Type material.
AM C84882, syntype.
Remarks.
Kendrick and Wilson (1975)
have discussed the type specimen, clarifying that the original label has been lost and that "the dimensions differ slightly from those given by Cox".
Current systematic position.
Bothriembryontidae,
Bothriembryon onslowi
(Cox, 1864).