Annotated type catalogue of the Megaspiridae, Orthalicidae, and Simpulopsidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London Author Breure, Abraham S. H. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P. O. Box 9517, Leiden, the Netherlands Author Ablett, Jonathan D. Natural History Museum, Division of Higher Invertebrates, London, SW 7 5 BD, UK text ZooKeys 2015 2015-01-12 470 17 143 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.470.8548 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.470.8548 1313-2970-470-17 0E78A6A90B82401199EED5895E7F8A9E FFDAFF85127CFFB3AA5915611C3A767A 578680 Simpulopsis aenea Pfeiffer, 1861 Figs 27i-iii , L1ii Simpulopsis aenea Pfeiffer 1861a [April]: 84; Pfeiffer 1861b [May]: 27; Reeve 1862 [1860-1862]: pl. 1 fig. 7; Pfeiffer 1868a : 22; Breure 1979 : 134. Type locality. "Parada, reipublicae mexicanae ( Salle )" . Label. "Parada, Mexico, Mr Salle" , taxon label in Pfeiffer's handwriting. M.C. label style III. Dimensions. "Diam. maj. 9, min. 8, alt. 5 1/2 mill.". Figured specimen H 8.98, D 10.6, W 2.5. Type material. NHMUK 20140830, three syntypes, Salle leg. (Cuming coll.). Remarks. Pfeiffer did not state on how many specimens his description was based. The current systematic position follows Thompson (2011 : 130). The reference to this species in Richardson (1995 : 361) cites the wrong author; the first two citations in his list should be omitted. Current systematic position. Simpulopsidae , Simpulopsis (Simpulopsis) aenea Pfeiffer, 1861.