Bulimus (Eurytus) dissimulans Preston, 1909

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Ablett, Jonathan D., 2011, Annotated type catalogue of the Amphibulimidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 138, pp. 1-52 : 14

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.138.1847

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Bulimus (Eurytus) dissimulans Preston, 1909
status

 

Bulimus (Eurytus) dissimulans Preston, 1909 Figs 13A-D, 13i View Figure 13

Bulimus (Eurytus) dissimulans Preston 1909: 509, pl. 10 fig. 5.

Plekocheilus (Aeropictus) dissimulans (Preston); Breure 1978: 19, fig. 17 (lectotype designation); Breure 1979: 32.

Type locality.

"Merida, Venezuela".

Label.

"Merida, Venezuela".

Dimensions.

"Alt. 30, diam. maj. 15 mm"; lectotype H 30.0, D 17.0, W 4.2.

Type material.

NHM 1914.4.3.37, lectotype; 1912.5.4.20, paralectotype (in alcohol) (ex Preston).

Remarks.

The surface of this species is smooth ( Fig. 13D View Figure 13 ), but the axial pattern is unlike other Plekocheilus species. It is here tentatively retained under Plekocheilus (Aeropictus) .

Current systematic position.

Amphibulimidae , Plekocheilus (Aeropictus) dissimulans (Preston, 1909).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Stylommatophora

Family

Bulimulidae

Genus

Bulimus

Loc

Bulimus (Eurytus) dissimulans Preston, 1909

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Ablett, Jonathan D. 2011
2011
Loc

Bulimus (Eurytus) dissimulans

Preston 1909
1909