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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Helix phlogera
d’Orbigny, 1835
Fig. 130
Helix phlogera
d’Orbigny, 1835: 8
. –
Breure & Ablett, 2015: 44
, figs 13iii-iv, L15iii.
Bulimus phlogerus
. – d’Orbigny, 1837 [1834-1847]: 259, pl. 29 figs 6-8 [text
30 March 1838
]. –
Gray, 1854: 12
.
Type
locality:
“provincia Chiquitensi (republica Boliviana)”.
Label:
“Chiquitos”, in Moricand’s handwriting.
Dimensions:
“Longit. 55 millim.; latit. 24 millim.”. Figured specimen H 47.5, D 24.2, W 5.9.
Type material:
MHNG-INVE-64982
, two
syntypes
(ex
d’Orbigny, Moricand
coll.).
Remarks:
d’Orbigny (1835) did not state on how many specimens his description was based. In d’Orbigny (1838 [1834-1847]: 260) the locality was specified as “environs des Missions de San-Xavier et de
Concepcion
”; see
Breure, 1973
. Of the material found, none of the shells corresponds exactly to d’Orbigny’s figure. Additional material is in NHMUK (
Breure & Ablett, 2015
). The current systematic position is according to
Richardson (1993: 108)
.
Current systematic position:
Orthalicidae
,
Orthalicus phlogerus
(d’Orbigny, 1835)
.