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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Bulinus
crichtoni Broderip, 1836
Figs 59A-C
, L15iv
Bulinus crichtoni
Broderip 1836
: 44.
Newboldius crichtoni
;
Breure 1979
: 99.
Type locality.
[Peru] "ad Ambo juxta Huanuco Peruviae".
Label.
"Peru, Ambo, Sir A Crichton", added in pencil. Taxon label probably in
Broderip's
handwriting.
Dimensions.
"Long. 3 (circiter), latit. 1 1/8 poll. [H 76.0, D 28.5 mm]"; holotype H 71.3, D 33.5, W 4+.
Type material.
NHMUK 1958.9.3.4, holotype (Broderip coll.).
Remarks.
The top whorl of the specimen is missing. Broderip refers to "the apex of the shell under description, the only specimen I ever saw, is broken, and its actual length is 2 inches and 7/8 [72.8 mm]"; we consider this specimen the holotype.
Current systematic position.
Bulimulidae
,
Newboldius crichtoni
(Broderip, 1836).