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 gruneri Pfeiffer, 1846
Figs 24E
, L25vii
Bulimus gruneri
Pfeiffer 1846a
: 30;
Pfeiffer 1848b
: 213;
Reeve 1849 [1848-1850]
: pl. 51 fig. 332.
Type locality.
"Mexico"
.
Label.
"Mexico"
, added in a later handwriting. M.C. label style I, V.
Dimensions.
"Long. 28, diam. 10 mill."; figured specimen herein H 27.8, D 10.5, W 7.3.
Type material.
NHMUK 20100563/1, lectotype; NHMUK 20100563/2-3, two paralectotypes; NHMUK 20100562, three paralectotypes (Cuming coll.).
Remarks.
The quotation by
Richardson (1995
: 196) of 1842 as the year of publication of
Bulimus gruneri
appears erroneous, as Pfeiffer does not mention this taxon until his 1846 paper. Two lots have been traced, one of which contains a specimen closest matching the original dimensions; this specimen is here designated lectotype (
design. n.
) to define the taxon. The other lot contains one specimen resembling
Reeve 1848 [1848-1850]
: pl. 51 fig. 332. The locality
"Mexico"
seems in error, as this taxon has been recognised as a Colombian species (Breure and Borrero, unpublished data) and is now considered as a junior subjective synonym of
Bulimus columbianus
Lea, 1838 (
syn. n.
).
Current systematic position.
Bulimulidae
,
Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) columbianus
(Lea, 1838).