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
text
ZooKeys
2014
2014-03-21
392
1
367
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.392.6328
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.392.6328
1313-2970-392-1
FFCF5A59FFB1FF93FFF10B43FFAFFFF5
578044
Bulinus affinis Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832
Figs 8A
, L3i-ii
Bulinus affinis
Broderip in
Broderip and Sowerby I 1832b
: 106; Sowerby I 1833 [
Sowerby I and II 1832-1841
]: fig. 30.
Bulimus affinis
;
Reeve 1848 [1848-1850]
: pl. 23 fig. 154.
Type locality.
"in
Peruvia
(Mexillones, desert of Atacama)".
Label
.
"Peru"
; taxon name in
Pfeiffer's
handwriting. M.C. label style I.
Dimensions.
"long 1, lat. 1/2 poll. [H 25.3, D 12.7 mm]"; figured specimen herein H 27.5, D 12.6, W 8.3.
Type material.
NHMUK 20100610, five possible syntypes (Cuming coll.).
Remarks.
Broderip described this taxon from the Cuming collection, but did not indicate on how many specimens his description was based. These specimens are herein regarded as possible syntypes; one is corresponding to
Reeve's
figure. The presence of a label in
Pfeiffer's
handwriting together with specimens apparently seen by Reeve as evidenced by the figured specimen, corroborates the assumption (
Breure and Ablett 2011
: 5) that-at least in some cases-material from the Cuming collection was either returned after having been sent to Pfeiffer or Pfeiffer made the identification during a visit to London.
Current systematic position.
Bulimulidae
,
Bostryx affinis
(Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832).