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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Bulimus
tropicalis Morelet, 1849
Figs 21K
, L62ii
Bulimus tropicalis
Morelet 1849
: 9;
Breure 1979
: 124.
Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) tropicalis
;
Breure and Eskens 1981
: 89;
Thompson 2011
: 121.
Type locality.
"ad plagam civitas Campeche".
Label.
"Campeche"
, in
Morelet's
handwriting.
Dimensions.
"Long. 28-Diam. 11 [mm]"; figured specimen herein H 27.5, D 12.9, W 6.7.
Type material.
NHMUK 1893.2.4.210, lectotype; 1893.2.4.211-212, two paralectotypes (Morelet coll.).
Remarks.
Morelet did not state on how many specimens his description was based. This sinistral species may prove to be identical with one of the other, dextral,
Drymaeus
species occurring in its distribution range as enantiomorphy within this group may be more commenly found than currently thought (Breure, unpublished data).
Current systematic position.
Bulimulidae
,
Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) tropicalis
(Morelet, 1849).