Annotated type catalogue of the Bothriembryontidae and Odontostomidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London
Author
Breure, Abraham S. H.
Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis, 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 kingii J.E. Gray, 1825
Figs 2F-G, 2i
Bulimus kingii
J.E.
Gray 1825
: 414; B.J.
Smith 1992
: 104.
Bothriembryon (Bothriembryon) kingii
(Gray);
Breure 1978
: 205 (lectotype designation);
Breure 1979
: 94.
Type locality.
[Australia] "New Holland,
Capt. King
".
Label.
"Australia"
.
Dimensions.
"Long. 1, diam. 1/2 unc."; lectotype H 24.5, D 10.6, W 5.5.
Type material.
NHMUK 195910, lectotype; 195911, one paralectotype, ex P.P. King R.N.
Remarks.
According to Pilsbry (1900) and
Iredale (1939)
the type locality is Western Australia, King George Sound, near Bald Head. Captain King visited this locality
on
20 Juanuary 1818 and stated "An abundance of shells of the
helix
tribe (
Helix bulimus
) was found on the top and sides of the hill" (
King 1827
: 12).
Current systematic position.
Bothriembryontidae,
Bothriembryon kingii
(J.E. Gray, 1825).