Bulimus orophilus Morelet, 1863

Fig. 71

Bulimus orophilus Morelet, 1863: 189, pl. 9 fig. 6. – Breure, 1979: 56. – Breure & Ablett, 2014: 140, figs 4H, L43iii.

Bostryx orophilus . – Breure, 1978: 107 (lectotype designation).

Type locality: “les vallées tempérées des plateaux de Cuzco; (..) notablement à Talavera, Silque, Incahuasi et Mollepata” (restricted to Peru, Dept. Cuzco, Prov. Anta, Distr. Limatambo, Mollepata; Breure, 1978).

Label: “Incahuasi Pérou ”, “Mollepata Pérou ”, “Silque Pérou ”, “Andahuaylillas Pérou ”, “Curahuasi Pérou ”, “Talavera Pérou ”, “Quiquijana Pérou ”.

Dimensions: “Long. 22; diam. 9 mill.”; figured specimen herein H 23.3, D 9.78, W 6.9.

Type material: MHNG-INVE-60289, 21 (3 + 4 + 2 + 5 + 3 + 2 + 2) paralectotypes (Angrand coll.).

Remarks: Morelet did not state on how many specimens his description was based. The lectotype was chosen by Breure (1978) from the material labelled ‘Mollepata’. Additional type material is in NHMUK (Breure & Ablett, 2014). The current systematic position follows Richardson (1995: 37), but see above under Bulimus albicolor Morelet, 1860 .

Current systematic position: Bulimulidae, Bostryx albicolor (Morelet, 1860) .