Bulimus coloratus Nyst, 1845

Breure, Abraham S. H., 2011, Annotated type catalogue of the Orthalicoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Royal Belgian Institute of Sciences, Brussels, with descriptions of two new species, ZooKeys 101, pp. 1-50 : 12

Bulimus coloratus Nyst, 1845 Figs 3 A–B, 3i

Bulimus coloratus Nyst 1845a: 228, pl. fig. 2.

Type locality.

"la province de Cumana, dans la Colombie [sic, Venezuela]".

Label.

"Colombie / Cumana", indicating "Type (Nyst)" in Nyst’s handwriting.

Dimensions.

"49 millimètres de longueur sur 30 de largeur [H 49 D 30]"; lectotype H 47.3, D 29.2, W 4.7.

Type material.

RBINS/MT2345, lectotype (design. n.); MT2346, paralectotype, ex Nyst.

Remarks.

The type material was found in the RBINS collection and is now figured for the first time since the original publication. Of the two specimens present, one shows the 'yellow shadow’ which is characteristic for this species, and is here designated lectotype. The taxon is only known from confirmed localities in northern Colombia; the original locality, which is in Venezuela, Edo. Sucre, seems erroneous. The type locality is now restricted to Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.

Current systematic position.

Amphibulimidae , Plekocheilus (Eurytus) coloratus (Nyst, 1845).