Bulimus caribaeorum Lamarck, 1822

Breure, Abraham S. H., 2016, Annotated type catalogue of the Orthalicoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Stylommatophora) in the Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Geneva, Revue suisse de Zoologie 123 (1), pp. 57-103 : 65

Bulimus caribaeorum Lamarck, 1822

Figs 56-58

Bulimus caribaeorum Lamarck, 1822: 124 . – Mermod, 1951: 734, fig. 83.

Type locality: “les Antilles”.

Label: Only taxon label in Lamarck’s handwriting.

Dimensions: “Longueur, 9 lignes [H = 20.0 mm]”; figured specimen herein H 26.0, D 11.3, W 7.2.

Type material: MHNG-INVE-51169 , 6 syntypes (Lamarck coll.) .

Remarks: Lamarck mentioned “ Mon cabinet”, but did not remark how many specimens he had seen. He referred to Helix virgulata Férussac (“Daudeb. Hist. des Moll. no. 396”), of which this taxon is a junior subjective synonym. The material consists of three (sub) adult and three juvenile specimens, without locality data.

Current systematic position: Bulimulidae , Drymaeus ( Mesembrinus) virgulatus ( Férussac, 1821) .

Figures

Figs 42-65. Bulimulidae. (42) Bulimulus heloicus (d’Orbigny, 1835), syntype, MHNG-INVE-79903 (H = 22.4). (43) Bulimulus unicolor (Sowerby I, 1833), paralectotype of Bulimus petenensis Morelet, 1851, MHNG-INVE-60291 (H = 16.2). (44) Cochlorina aurismuris (Moricand, 1838), syntype, MHNG-INVE-60683 (H = 31.5). (45-46) Drymaeus (Drymaeus) abyssorum (d’Orbigny, 1835), respectively paralectotype of Helix abyssorum d’Orbigny, 1835, MHNG-INVE-63420 (H = 46.9), and paralectotype of Helix hygrohylaea d’Orbigny, 1835, MHNG-INVE-63469 (H = 43.9). (47-50) Drymaeus (Drymaeus) strigatus (Sowerby I, 1833), (47-48) syntype of Bulimus mariae J. Moricand, 1858, MHNG-INVE-64389 (H = 23.3), (49) syntype of Bulimus ceciliae J. Moricand, 1858, MHNG-INVE-63436 (H = 22.3), (50) syntype of Bulimus delphinae J. Moricand, 1858, MHNG-INVE-63443 (H = 22.4). (51) Drymaeus (Drymaeus) similaris (J. Moricand, 1856), syntype, MHNG-INVE-63531 (H = 23.6). (52) Drymaeus (Drymaeus) sachsei (Albers, 1854), syntype, MHNG- INVE-63524 (H = 31.9). (53) Drymaeus (Drymaeus) poecilus (d’Orbigny, 1835), paralectotype, MHNG-INVE-63506 (H = 26.8). (54) Drymaeus (Drymaeus) mexicanus (Lamarck, 1822), syntype, MHNG-INVE-51166 (H = 30.9). (55) Drymaeus (Drymaeus) draparnaudi (Pfeiffer, 1847), paralectotype of Helix torallyi d’Orbigny, 1835 [partim], MHNG- INVE-60326 (H = 24.9). (56-58) Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) virgulatus (Férussac, 1821), syntypes of Bulimus caribaeorum Lamarck, 1822, MHNG-INVE-51169 (H = 26.0).(59) Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) oreades (d’Orbigny,1835), paralectotype, MHNG-INVE-64483 (H = 31.4). (60-61) Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) fragilis (Lamarck, 1822), syntype (H = 28.3). (62) Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) immaculatus (C.B. Adams in Reeve, 1850), paralectotype, MHNG-INVE-64442 (H = 29.7). (63) Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) multilineatus (Say, 1825), paralectotype of Bulimus sisalensis Morelet, 1849, MHNG- INVE-64471 (H = 21.4). (64) Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) tropicalis (Morelet, 1849), paralectotype, MHNG-INVE-64519 (H = 24.3). (65) Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) leucomelas (Albers, 1854), paralectotype, MHNG-INVE-64455 (H = 25.9). ►