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 meridanus Pfeiffer, 1846
Figs 22J
, L37iv
Bulimus meridanus
Pfeiffer 1846a
: 33;
Reeve 1848 [1848-1850]
: pl. 57 fig. 386;
Breure 1979
: 121.
Type locality.
[Venezuela] "Merida, Andes of Bolivia [sic]".
Label.
"New Granada". taxon label in
Pfeiffer's
handwriting. M.C. label style III, V.
Dimensions.
"Long. 29, diam. 11 mill."; figured specimen herein H 35.9, D 14.0, W 7.3.
Type material.
NHMUK 1975523, two syntypes (Cuming coll.).
Remarks.
Pfeiffer did not state on how many specimens his description was based. The material has a taxon label in
Pfeiffer's
handwriting and is considered as syntypes. One of the specimens corresponds to
Reeve's
figure.
Current systematic position.
Bulimulidae
,
Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) meridanus
(Pfeiffer, 1846).