Bulimus electrum Reeve, 1848

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 : 53

Bulimus electrum Reeve, 1848 Figs 22E , L20ii

Bulimus electrum Reeve 1848 [1848-1850]: pl. 56 fig. 373; Breure 1979: 118 (lectotype designation).

Drymaeus electrum ; Pilsbry 1898 [1897-1898]: 310, pl. 41 fig. 36.

Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) electrum ; Breure and Eskens 1981: 57, pl. 7 fig. 3.

Type locality.

”Venezuela”.

Label.

”Venezuela”. M.C. label style IV, V.

Dimensions.

Not given; figured specimen herein H 29.6, D 14.1, W 5.8.

Type material.

NHMUK 1975510, lectotype; 1975511, two paralectotypes (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

The lectotype corresponds to Reeve’s original figure. The current systematic position is in accordance with Richardson (1995).

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) electrum (Reeve, 1848).

Figures

Figure 22. Drymaeus species. A Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) granadensis (Pfeiffer, 1848), lectotype of Bulimus incarnatus Pfeiffer, 1855 NHMUK 1975566 (H = 30.7) B Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) pertristis Pilsbry, 1898, syntype of Bulimus tristis Pfeiffer, 1855 NHMUK 1975299 (H = 29.3) C Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) depictus (Reeve, 1849), lectotype NHMUK 1975529 (H = 27.9) D Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) trimarianus (Martens, 1893), lectotype NHMUK 1901.6.22.950 (H = 31.5) E Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) electrum (Reeve, 1848), lectotype NHMUK 1975510 (H = 29.6) F Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) serperastrus (Say, 1830), lectotype of Bulimus nitelinus Reeve, 1849 NHMUK 20100570 (H = 29.4) G Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) dutaillyi (Pfeiffer, 1857), lectotype NHMUK 1975516 (H = 30.8) H Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) moricandi (Pfeiffer, 1847), lectotype NHMUK 1975212 (H = 23.6) I Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) loxensis (Pfeiffer, 1846), lectotype NHMUK 1975553 (H = 34.7) J Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) meridanus (Pfeiffer, 1846), syntype NHMUK 1975523 (H = 35.9). All enlarged.

Figure L 20. Labels. i Bulimus effeminatus Reeve 1848 ii Bulimus electrum Reeve, 1848 iii Drymaeus elsteri da Costa, 1901 iv Bulimus emaciatus Morelet, 1863 v Bulimus erectus Reeve, 1849 vi Bulimus erosus Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832.