Bulimus gabbi Angas, 1879

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 : 63-64

Bulimus gabbi Angas, 1879 Figs 24L , L24vii

Bulimus gabbi Angas 1879: 477, pl. 40 fig. 3; Breure 1979: 119 (lectotype designation).

Drymaeus gabbi ; Pilsbry 1899: 70, pl. 6 figs 7-9, 11.

Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) gabbi ; Thompson 2011: 117.

Type locality.

[Costa Rica, Prov. Limón, Cerro Kámuk] "flanks of Pico Blanco, at an altitude from 3000 to 6000 feet [914-1828 m]".

Label.

"flanks / of Pico Blanco / 3-6000 ft / Costa Rica".

Dimensions.

"Diam. 7, alt. 10 1/2 lin. [H 22.2, D 14.8 mm]"; figured specimen herein H 20.6, D 12.06, W 4.7.

Type material.

NHMUK 1879.7.22.23, lectotype; 1879.7.22.24-26, three paralectotypes, Gabb leg. (ex Angas).

Remarks.

Angas did not state on how many specimens his description was based; he distinguished three varieties, which differ in their colour pattern. The lectotype corresponds to Angas’ right-hand sided figure. The current systematic position follows Thompson (2011).

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) gabbi (Angas, 1879).

Figures

Figure 24. Drymaeus species. A Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) flavidulus (E. A. Smith, 1877), lectotype NHMUK 1975134 (H = 21.4) B Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) fuscobasis (E. A. Smith, 1877), lectotype NHMUK 1975139 (H = 28.7) C Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) virginalis (Pfeiffer, 1856), probable syntype NHMUK 1975503 (H = 27.9) D Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) deshayesi (Pfeiffer, 1845), lectotype NHMUK 1975526 (H = 44.5) E Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) columbianus (Lea, 1838), lectotype of Bulimus gruneri Pfeiffer, 1846 NHMUK 20100563 / 1 (H = 27.8) F Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) rectilinearis (Pfeiffer, 1855), NHMUK 1975337 (H = 23.9) G Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) multilineatus (Say, 1825), paralectotype of Bulimus sisalensis Morelet, 1849 NHMUK 1893.2.4.1655 (H = 24.1) H Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) koppeli (Sowerby III, 1892), lectotype NHMUK 1907.11.21.133 (H = 25.5) I Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) hondurasanus (Pfeiffer, 1846), lectotype NHMUK 1975265 (H = 28.6) J Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) inglorius (Reeve, 1848), lectotype NHMUK 1975536 (H = 25.6) K Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) tripictus hoffmanni (Martens, 1893), holotype of Drymaeus prestoni cancellata da Costa, 1906 NHMUK 1907.11.21.13 (H = 18.1) L Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) gabbi (Angas, 1879), lectotype NHMUK 1879.7.22.23 (H = 20.6). All enlarged.

Figure L 24. Labels. i Bulimus floridanus Pfeiffer, 1857 ii Bulimus fontainii d'Orbigny, 1838 iii Bulimus fourmiersi d'Orbigny, 1837 iv Helix fusoides d'Orbigny, 1835 v Bulimus fucatus Reeve, 1849 vi Bulimus (Liostracus) fuscobasis E. A. Smith, 1877 vii Bulimus gabbi Angas, 1879 viii Bulimus galapaganus Pfeiffer, 1855.