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 platystomus Pfeiffer, 1858
Figs 57J-L
, L46viii
Bulimus platystomus
Pfeiffer 1858a
: 256, pl. 42 fig. 2;
Breure 1979
: 101.
Neopetraeus platystomus
;
Breure 1978
: 217, pl. 8 figs 5-6 (lectotype designation).
Type locality.
"Province of Patas, Andes of Peru (
Dr. Farris
)".
Label.
"Province of Patas, / Andes of Peru / Dr. Farris", taxon label in
Pfeiffer's
handwriting. M.C. label style IV.
Dimensions.
"Long. 40, diam. 18 mill."; figured specimen herein H 34.4, D 22.0, W 5+.
Type material.
NHMUK 1975428, lectotype; 1975429, two paralectotypes (Cuming coll.).
Remarks.
The measurements given originally by Pfeiffer seem to be erroneous. The type status of this lot is not disputed herein, and the specimen selected as lectotype corresponds to
Pfeiffer's
figure. The top of the lectotype is damaged.
Current systematic position.
Bulimulidae
,
Neopetraeus platystomus
(Pfeiffer, 1858).