Bulimus myristicus Reeve, 1849

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Ablett, Jonathan D., 2014, Annotated type catalogue of the Bulimulidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 392, pp. 1-367 : 106

Bulimus myristicus Reeve, 1849 Figs 57G-I , L40ii

Bulimus myristicus Reeve 1849 [1848-1850]: pl. 72 fig. 520; Breure 1979: 101 (lectotype designation).

Type locality.

"Andes of Caxamarca, Peru".

Label.

"Andes of Caxamarca, Peru". M.C. label style IV.

Dimensions.

Not given; figured specimen herein H 40.3, D 17.6, W 8.1.

Type material.

NHMUK 1975433, lectotype, W. Lobb leg. (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

The current systematic position is following Richardson (1995), Bulimus decussatus Reeve, 1849 having page priority; in Richardson’s index this taxon is erroneously grouped with Neopetraeus cora ( d’Orbigny, 1835).

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Neopetraeus decussatus (Reeve, 1849).

Figures

Figure 57. Neopetraeus species. A-F Neopetraeus lobbii (Reeve, 1849) A-C lectotype NHMUK 1975431 (H = 44.3) D-F lectotype of Bulimus ptychostylus Pfeiffer, 1858 NHMUK 1975430 (H = 46.7) G-I Neopetraeus decussatus (Reeve, 1849), lectotype of Bulimus myristicus Reeve, 1849 NHMUK 1975433 (H = 40.3) J-L Neopetraeus platystomus (Pfeiffer, 1858), lectotype NHMUK 1975428 (H = 34.4). All enlarged.

Figure L 40. Labels. i Bulimus murrinus Reeve, 1848 ii Bulimus myristicus Reeve, 1849 iii Bulimus (Otostomus) napo Angas, 1878 iv Bulimus nanus Reeve, 1849 v-vi Bulimus nigrofasciatus Pfeiffer in Philippi 1846 vii Bulimus nigrolimbatus Pfeiffer, 1853.