Bulimus balsanus Morelet, 1863

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 : 22

Bulimus balsanus Morelet, 1863 Figs 5B , L7iv

Bulimus balsanus Morelet, 1863: 192, pl. 9 fig. 8; Breure 1979: 51.

Bostryx balsanus ; Breure 1978: 53 (lectotype designation).

Type locality.

[Peru] "Balsa de Cocharcas".

Label.

"Balsa de Cocharcas", in Morelet’s handwriting.

Dimensions.

"Long. 19, diam. 8 1/2 mill."; figured specimen herein H 17.9, D 9.0, W 6.4.

Type material.

NHMUK 1893.2.4.173, lectotype; 1893.2.4.174, paralectotype (Morelet coll.).

Remarks.

The current systematic position follows Richardson (1995: 35).

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Bostryx nigropileatus (Reeve, 1849).

Figures

Figure 5. Bostryx species. A Bostryx aileenae Breure, 1978, paratype NHMUK 1975229 (H = 13.7) B-C Bostryx nigropileatus (Reeve, 1849) B lectotype of Bulimus balsanus Morelet, 1863, NHMUK 1893.2.4.173 (H = 17.9) C lectotype of Bulimus nigropileatus Reeve, 1849, NHMUK 1975335 (H = 20.5) D-F Bostryx reconditus (Reeve, 1849), lectotype NHMUK 1975189 (H = 19.8). All enlarged.

Figure L 7. Labels. i Bulimus aureolus Guppy, 1866 ii Bulimus auris Pfeiffer, 1866 iii Bulinus badius Sowerby I, 1835 iv Bulimus balsanus Morelet, 1863 v Bulimus baranguillanus Pfeiffer 1853.