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
excoriatus Pfeiffer, 1855
Figs 58F-G
, L21iii
Bulimus excoriatus
Pfeiffer 1855g
: 123;
Breure 1979
: 100.
Neopetraeus excoriatus
;
Breure 1978
: 215, pl. 3 fig. 2 (lectotype designation).
Type locality.
"Andes of Peru (
Captain Keppell
)".
Label.
"Andes of Peru", taxon label in
Pfeiffer's
handwriting. M.C. label style IV.
Dimensions.
"Long. 39, diam. 19 mill."; figured specimen herein H 38.4, D 25.2, W 6.2.
Type material.
NHMUK 1975500, lectotype, Keppell leg. (Cuming coll.).
Remarks.
The specimen is subadult and aged; it is possibly a synonym of
Neopetraeus catamarcanus
(Pfeiffer, 1858), in which case
Neopetraeus excoriatus
would have priority.
Current systematic position.
Bulimulidae
,
Neopetraeus excoriatus
(Pfeiffer, 1855).