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 text Revue suisse de Zoologie 2016 2016-03-31 123 1 57 103 journal article 197352 10.5281/zenodo.46290 d6b2bbe3-8eb3-4b57-8922-fdbf8d712d34 0035-418 46290 Helix ( Helicigona ) blanchetiana S. Moricand, 1834 Figs 38-39 Helix ( Helicigona ) blanchetiana S. Moricand, 1834: 539 , pl. 1 fig. 3. Helix ( Helicigona ) pyramidella Wagner in Spix. – S. Moricand, 1836: 418 . Type locality: “le Brésil , aux environs de Bahia ” . Label: “ Bahia ”, in Moricand’s handwriting. Dimensions: “Long. 15 mill. Larg. 15 mill.”; figured specimen herein H 15.6, D 17.4, W 6.4 . Type material: MHNG-INVE-60674, 63 syntypes (ex Blanchet, Moricand coll.); see remarks. Remarks: Moricand did not state on how many specimens his description was based. In his second paper he placed this taxon in the synonymy of Helix pyramidella Wagner in Spix, 1827 ( Moricand, 1836: 418 ), and ‒ on the next page ‒ as one of the several varieties (evidently colour forms) of this species. There he mentioned “Ayant reçu, depuis la publication de mon premier Mémoire (…), un grand nombre de variétés de cette coquille, j’ai reconnu que mon H. Blanchetiana rentre dans l’espèce de Spix, dont elle n’est qu’une des variétés que je classe ainsi”. The current lot has 63 specimens altogether, which are thus a mixture of the original lot and shells received later and (partly) considered as varietal forms by Moricand (1836: 419) . It is impossible to untangle this lot completely. One shell, which best approaches the original figure of Moricand, is figured herein. The current systematic position follows Simone (2006: 148) . Current systematic position: Bulimulidae , Oxychona pyramidella (Wagner in Spix, 1827).