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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Bulimus caribaeorum
Lamarck, 1822
Figs 56-58
Bulimus caribaeorum
Lamarck, 1822: 124
. –
Mermod, 1951: 734
, fig. 83.
Type
locality:
“les Antilles”.
Label:
Only taxon label in Lamarck’s handwriting.
Dimensions:
“Longueur, 9 lignes [H = 20.0 mm]”; figured specimen herein H 26.0, D 11.3,
W 7.2
.
Type material:
MHNG-INVE-51169
,
6
syntypes
(Lamarck coll.)
.
Remarks:
Lamarck mentioned “
Mon
cabinet”, but did not remark how many specimens he had seen. He referred to
Helix virgulata
Férussac
(“Daudeb. Hist. des Moll. no. 396”), of which this taxon is a junior subjective synonym. The material consists of three (sub) adult and
three juvenile
specimens, without locality data.
Current systematic position:
Bulimulidae
,
Drymaeus
(
Mesembrinus
)
virgulatus
(
Férussac, 1821
)
.