Annotated type catalogue of the Bulimulidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London
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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 marcidus Pfeiffer, 1853
Figs 63I-J
, L36v
Bulimus marcidus
Pfeiffer 1853d
: 435; Pfeiffer 1854 in
Kuester
and Pfeiffer 1840-1865
: 188, pl. 49 figs 11-12;
Pfeiffer 1854a
: 67.
Type locality.
"Brasilia"
.
Label.
"Brazil"
. M.C. label style I.
Dimensions.
"Long. 20, diam. 8 mill."; figured specimen herein H 18.0, D 8.4, W 5.9.
Type material.
NHMUK 20100649, three possible syntypes (Cuming coll.).
Remarks.
Pfeiffer based himself on material from
Cuming's
collection, although his description was not published until 1854 (
Pfeiffer 1854a
). The label bears no taxon name in
Pfeiffer's
handwriting, but the specimens are treated herein as possible syntypes.
Current systematic position.
Bulimulidae
,
Bulimulus marcidus
(Pfeiffer, 1853).