Bulimus parallelus Pfeiffer, 1857

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Ablett, Jonathan D., 2012, Annotated type catalogue of the Bothriembryontidae and Odontostomidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 182, pp. 1-70 : 19-20

Bulimus parallelus Pfeiffer, 1857 Figs 17E-F, 17iii

Bulimus parallelus Pfeiffer 1857: 389; Breure and Schouten 1985: 7 (lectotype designation).

Moricandia parallela (Pfeiffer); Simone 2006: 172, fig. 606.

Type locality.

"St. Catherine’s, Brazil".

Label.

"St. Catherines Brazil", taxon label in Pfeiffer’s handwriting. M.C. label style III.

Dimensions.

"Long. 22, diam. 7 mill."; lectotype H 22.5, D 7.17, W 7.3.

Type material.

NHMUK 1975256, lectotype and one paralectotype (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

Simone (2006) has revalidated this taxon as a separate species, removing it from the synonymy of Bahiensis occultus (Reeve, 1849) (See also Pisbry 1901 [1901-1902]: 48), and placing it in the genus Moricandia Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1898. Pfeiffer’s type is somewhat stouter, but has the same characteristic brown blotch behind the lip. Tentatively, the synonymy with Bulimus occultus Reeve, 1849 is here retained.

Current systematic position.

Odontostomidae , Bahiensis occultus (Reeve, 1849).

Figures

Figure 17. Bahiensis species. A-B, i Bahiensis longulus (Pfeiffer, 1859), syntype NHM 1975252 (H = 29.8) C-F Bahiensis occultus (Reeve, 1849) C-D, ii Lectotype of Bulimus occultus Reeve, 1849 NHM 1975258 (H = 23.6) E-F, iii Lectotype of Bulimus parallelus Pfeiffer, 1857 (H = 22.5).