Annotated type catalogue of the Megaspiridae, Orthalicidae, and Simpulopsidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London
Author
Breure, Abraham S. H.
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P. O. Box 9517, Leiden, the Netherlands
Author
Ablett, Jonathan D.
Natural History Museum, Division of Higher Invertebrates, London, SW 7 5 BD, UK
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Bulimus fraseri Pfeiffer, 1858
Figs 19i-ii
, L7iii
Bulimus fraseri
Pfeiffer 1858
: 239;
Pfeiffer 1860
: 137, pl. 51 fig. 5;
Pfeiffer 1860
[1860-1866]: 157, pl. 42 figs 1-2; Pfeiffer 1868: 15.
Orthalicus fraseri
;
Pilsbry 1899
: 193, pl. 46 figs 31-33.
Sultana (Metorthalicus) fraseri
;
Breure and Schouten 1985
: 28 (lectotype designation).
Type locality.
"in provincia Cuenca reipublicae Aequatoris (Fraser)".
Label.
"Found on the road from Gualaquiza / to Mendez- and near to the latter / place", "Province of Cuenca / Republic of Ecuador / Mr Fraser", taxon label in
Pfeiffer's
handwriting. M.C. label style III.
Dimensions.
"Long. 89, diam. 37 mill.". Figured specimen H 88.9, D 45.0, W 6.4.
Type material.
NHMUK 20140083, lectotype, Fraser leg. (Cuming coll.).
Remarks.
Pfeiffer did not state on how many specimens his description was based, but described this taxon from "Mus. Cuming". The current systematic position follows
Breure and Schouten (1985)
.
Current systematic position.
Orthalicidae
,
Sultana (Metorthalicus) fraseri
(Pfeiffer, 1858).