Annotated type catalogue of the Bothriembryontidae and Odontostomidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London
Author
Breure, Abraham S. H.
Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis, 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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Placostylus savesi Crosse, 1886
Figs 9E, 9v
Placostylus savesi
Crosse 1886
: 163, pl. 7 figs 3-3a.
Placostylus (Placostylus) savesi
Crosse; Breure and Schouten 1985: 63.
Placostylus eddystonensis savesi
Crosse;
Neubert et al. 2009
: 96, fig. 152.
Type locality.
[New Caledonia] "in loco
"Pouembou"
dicto, Novae Caledoniae".
Label.
"Pouembou (N. Cie)", label in
Crosse's
handwriting glued on dorsal side of shell.
Dimensions.
"Longit. 56 millim., diam. maj. 28."; holotype H 57.5, D 30.0, W 6.0.
Type material.
NHMUK 1929.9.14.7, holotype (ex Crosse ex Marie).
Remarks.
The type status of this specimen has been discussed by
Neubert et al. (2009)
; they concluded that it should be considered the holotype.
Current systematic position.
Bothriembryontidae,
Placostylus eddystonensis savesi
Crosse, 1886.