Bulimulus (Drymaeus) interruptus Preston, 1909 Figs 12E, 12v

Bulimulus (Drymaeus) interruptus Preston 1909: 511, pl. 10 fig. 1.

Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) interruptus (Preston); Breure 1979: 120; Köhler 2007: 151, fig. 119.

Type locality.

"Merida, Venezuela".

Label.

"Merida Venezuela"; see remarks.

Dimensions.

"Alt. 25, diam. maj. 10.5 mm"; figured specimen H 23.6, D 10.6, W 6.1

Type material.

RBINS/MT2257, one syntype, ex Preston (Dautzenberg coll.).

Remarks .

The specimen is not accompanied by the original Preston label, but Dautzenberg documented that the shell was acquired on 19.xii.1907 from Preston as a “co-type” . It is therefore considered a syntype. See also pallidus Preston, 1909.

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae, Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) granadensis (Pfeiffer, 1848).