Helix apodemeta d’Orbigny, 1835

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 : 62-63

Helix apodemeta d’Orbigny, 1835

Fig. 72

Helix apodemeta d’Orbigny, 1835: 10 . – Breure, 1979: 61. – Breure & Ablett, 2014: 22 , figs 9A-B, L5vi.

Bulimus apodemetes d’Orbigny, 1837 [1834-1847]: 279, pl. 30 figs 5-8. – Gray, 1854: 16.

Bulimulus (Lissoacme) apodemetus . – Pilsbry, 1896 [1895- 1896]: 187, pl. 51 fig. 1-3.

Bulimulus (Bulimulus) apodemetus . – Breure, 1975: 1145.

Type locality: “ republica Argentina; republica Boliviana ”; see Breure, 1973: 114.

Label: “ Bolivie ” in Moricand’s handwriting.

Dimensions: “Assez variables; les plus alongés ont, de longueur, 28 millimètres sur 18 de largeur, tandis que les plus courts offrent 23 millimètres de longueur, sur 12 de largeur”; figured specimen herein H 25.5, D 13.5, W 6.3.

Type material: MHNG-INVE-60419 , one syntype (ex d’Orbigny, Moricand coll.).

Remarks: d’Orbigny (1835) did not state on how many specimens his description was based. In d’Orbigny (1837 [1834-1847]: 280) the localities were specified as “sur les coteaux du Parna, province d’Entre-rios, près de Feliciano (...) près de San-Lorenzo, province de Santa- Fe. (...) la république de Bolivia (...) des provinces de Valle grande et de la Laguna (...); (...) des plaines de Santa-Cruz de la Sierra, (...) la province de Chiquitos”; see also Breure, 1973. The current systematic position follows Breure & Ablett (2014).

Current systematic position: Bulimulidae , Bostryx apodemetus (d’Orbigny, 1835) .

Figures

Figs 66-83. Bulimulidae.(66-67) Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) multifasciatus(Lamarck, 1822),syntype, MHNG-INVE-51167 (H =25.7). (68-71) Bostryx albicolor (Morelet, 1860), (68) syntype of Bulimus lesueureanus Morelet, 1860, MHNG-INVE-60380 (H = 21.1), (69) syntype of Bulimus albicolor Morelet, 1863, MHNG-INVE-60231 (H = 25.4), (70) probable syntype of Bulimus cercicola Morelet, 1863, MHNG-INVE-60260 (H = 19.6), (71) paralectotype of Bulimus orophilus Morelet, 1863, MHNG-INVE-60289 (H = 23.3). (72) Bostryx apodemetus (d’Orbigny, 1835), syntype, MHNG-INVE-60419 (H = 25.5). (73) Bostryx andoicus (Morelet, 1863), paralectotype, MHNG-INVE-60235 (H = 23.5). (74-75) Bostryx hennahi (J.E. Gray, 1830), (74) paralectotype of Helix cactorum d’Orbigny, 1835, MHNG-INVE-20659 (H = 28.8), (75) holotype of Bulimus virginalis Morelet, 1860, MHNG-INVE-60272 (H = 27.3). (76) Bostryx nigropileatus (Reeve, 1849), possible paralectotype of Bulimus balsanus Morelet, 1863, MHNG-INVE-60244 (H = 17.9), (77) Bostryx emaciatus (Morelet, 1863), lectotype, MHNG-INVE-60408 (H = 21.0). (78) Bostryx angrandianus (Pilsbry, 1897), paralectotype of Bulimus radiatus Morelet, 1863, MHNG-INVE-60295 (H = 23.9). (79) Bostryx papillatus (Morelet, 1860), syntype, MHNG- INVE-60388 (H = 24.8). (80) Bostryx rusticellus (Morelet, 1860), paralectotype, MHNG-INVE-60304 (H = 20.1). (81) Bostryx piuranus (Albers, 1854), paralectotype, MHNG-INVE-60294 (H = 23.7). (82) Bostryx serotinus (Morelet, 1860), paralectotype, MHNG-INVE-60313 (H = 29.8). (83) Kuschelenia (Bocourtia) angrandi (Morelet, 1860), holotype, MHNG-INVE-60610 (H = 49.9). ►