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 duplex major
Gassies, 1871
Fig. 135
Bulimus duplex
[var. β]
major
Gassies, 1871: 64
.
Type
locality:
“
Ile Acmène
,
Nouvelle-Caledonie
(
Marie
)”.
Label:
“N. Cal.”; “Nou, Caled.”, in Brot’s handwriting.
Dimensions:
“Long. 77 mill.; diam. maj. 45”; figured specimen herein H 88.0, D 47.2,
W 6.7
.
Type material:
MHNG-INVE-64837, one possible
syntype
(ex Marie, Brot coll.).
Remarks:
Gassies did not state on how many specimens his description was based, but described this taxon on the basis of material collected by Marie. According to
Neubert
et al.
(2009: 86)
the taxon was based on an undetermined number of specimens, and they showed that Gassies’ name is a junior homonym of
Bulimus hindsi major
L. Pfeiffer, 1841
. The specimen in the Brot collection is, according to the label in Brot’s hand, originating from E. Marie. It is, however, possible that this material reached
Geneva
via Crosse, as the original label seems to bear his handwriting. The specimen is thus considered as possible
type
material. The current systematic position follows
Neubert
et al.
(2009)
.
Current systematic position:
Bothriembryontidae
,
Placostylus porphyrostomus monackensis
(Crosse, 1888)
.