Bulimus speciosus Pfeiffer, 1854

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 : 21

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.138.1847
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scientific name	Bulimus speciosus Pfeiffer, 1854
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Treatment

Bulimus speciosus Pfeiffer, 1854 Figs 26A-D, 26ii View Figure 26

Bulimus speciosus Pfeiffer 1854 [1854-1860]: 14, pl. 5 figs 1-2.

Plekocheilus (Plekocheilus) speciosus (Pfeiffer); Breure 1978: 8 (lectotype designation); Breure 1979: 29.

Plekocheilus (Eurytus) plectostylus (Pfeiffer); Borrero and Breure 2011: 28.

Type locality.

[Colombia] "Sierra Nevada de S. Marta (Schlim)".

Label.

"Sierra Nevada de S. Marta / Schlim" [almost faded], taxon label in Pfeiffer's handwriting. M.C. label type IV.

Dimensions.

"Long. 58, diam. 30 mill."; lectotype H 58.0, D 35.0, W 4.5.

Type material.

NHM 1975300, lectotype, Schlim leg. (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

This taxon was placed in the synonymy of Plekocheilus (Eurytus) plectostylus (Pfeiffer, 1848) by Borrero and Breure (2011). During the prolonged time this paper was in press, the material of both taxa could be studied in the NHM. Both the size of the shell and the sculpture is markedly different (cf. Figs 20D View Figure 20 and 25D View Figure 25 ). The previous subgeneric classification of Plekocheilus speciosus is thus retained.

Current systematic position.

Amphibulimidae , Plekocheilus (Plekocheilus) speciosus (Pfeiffer, 1854).