Bulimus taylorianus Reeve, 1849

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 : 22-23

Bulimus taylorianus Reeve, 1849 Figs 24A-C, 24i

Bulimus taylorianus Reeve 1849 [1848-1850]: pl. 81 fig. 602.

Plekocheilus (Eurytus) taylorianus (Reeve); Breure 1978: 16 (lectotype designation); Breure 1979: 31; Borrero and Breure 2011: 42, figs 15C-D.

Type locality.

[Ecuador] "Environs of Quito".

Label.

"Quito Ecuador".

Dimensions.

Not given. Lectotype H 58.5, D 31.0, W 4.7.

Type material.

NHM 1874.12.11.271, lectotype, ex Mus. T. Lombe Taylor.

Remarks.

The voucher number NHM 1975142 ( Breure 1978) is here corrected to the number given above. The specimen is not accompanied by a printed label as usually found with Reeve's type material in Cuming's collection, but has a handwritten label and has reached the NHM collection via the donation by Mrs Lombe Taylor in 1875.

Current systematic position.

Amphibulimidae , Plekocheilus (Eurytus) taylorianus (Reeve, 1849).

Figures

Figure 24. A-C, i Plekocheilus (Eurytus) taylorianus (Reeve, 1849), lectotype NHM 1874.12.11.271 (H = 58.5).