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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Otostomus pulcherrimus H. Adams, 1867
Figs 46D-F
, L49v
Otostomus pulcherrimus
H. Adams 1867a
: 442, pl. 38 fig. 3;
Breure 1979
: 113.
Drymaeus pulcherrimus
;
Pilsbry 1898 [1897-1898]
: 266, pl. 34 fig. 9.
Type locality.
"[Eastern Peru]".
Label.
"E. Peru", taxon label in H.
Adam's
handwriting.
Dimensions.
"Long. circa 45, diam. 17 1/2 mill."; figured specimen herein H 39.1, D 18.2, W [1.3].
Type material.
NHMUK 1867.5.18.3, holotype, Bartlett leg. (ex H. Adams).
Remarks.
As is shown in
Adam's
figure, his shell ("one example of this beautiful species") was badly broken, with only the lower part of the shell remaining. The shell height he gave was clearly a guess, as the actual shell is smaller. The lot is accompanied by a photo "of [a] perfect specimen from H.B. Preston"; assuming that this photograph is natural size, the dimensions are H 58.1, D 21.0. The current systematic position follows
Richardson (1995
: 165).
Current systematic position.
Bulimulidae
,
Drymaeus (Drymaeus) pulcherrimus
(H. Adams, 1867).