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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Drymaeus
acuminatus da Costa, 1906
Figs 45A-C
, L2ii
Drymaeus acuminatus
da Costa 1906a
: 8, pl. 1 fig. 4;
Simone 2006
: 135, fig. 440.
Drymaeus (Drymaeus) acuminatus
;
Breure 1979
: 106.
Type locality.
"Matto Grosso, Brazil".
Label.
"Matto Grosso / Brazil"; in da
Costa's
handwriting.
Dimensions.
"Long. 33, diam. 14 mm."; holotype H 33.4, D 14.1, W 7.4.
Type material.
NHMUK 1907.11.21.10, holotype (da Costa coll.).
Remarks.
da Costa wrote "A rather peculiar shell, unlike any known to the writer, who obtained it at the dispersal of the collection of the late Mr. Miers"; given the singular form, it may be assumed that da Costa only had one specimen at hand.
Current systematic position.
Bulimulidae
,
Drymaeus (Drymaeus) acuminatus
da Costa, 1906.