Annotated type catalogue of the Orthalicoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Stylommatophora) in the Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Geneva
Author
Breure, Abraham S. H.
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P. O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands. & Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29, 1000 Brussels, Belgium. E-mail: ashbreure @ gmail. com
ashbreure@gmail.com
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Revue suisse de Zoologie
2016
2016-03-31
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journal article
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10.5281/zenodo.46290
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0035-418
46290
Bulimus mexicanus
Lamarck, 1822
Fig. 54
Bulimus mexicanus
Lamarck, 1822: 123
. –
Delessert, 1841
: pl. 27 figs 9a-b. – Chenu, 1850 [1842-1854]: pl. 8 figs 1a-b. –
Mermod, 1951: 730
, fig. 80.
Type
locality:
“le
Mexique
”, see remarks.
Label:
No locality given.
Dimensions:
“Longueur, 14 lignes [H =
31.1 mm
]”; figured specimen herein H 30.9, D 17.2,
W 6.2
.
Type material:
MHNG-INVE-51166
,
two
syntypes
(
Lamarck
coll.).
Remarks:
Lamarck used material collected by Humboldt and Bonpland, but did not state how many specimens he examined.
Mermod (1951)
confirmed that the protoconch sculpture is characteristic for
Drymaeus
and repeated the opinion of earlier authors (e.g. Pilsbry, 1898 [1897-1898]: 292) that is taxon is in fact a species from northern
Peru
. The material has no taxon label in Lamarck’s hand, but the
type
status of the material is not disputed herein.
Current systematic position:
Bulimulidae
,
Drymaeus
(
Drymaeus
)
mexicanus
(
Lamarck, 1822
)
.