Bulimus simpliculus Pfeiffer, 1855

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 : 149

Bulimus simpliculus Pfeiffer, 1855 Figs 10C , L55ii

Bulimus simpliculus Pfeiffer 1855g: 124; Breure 1979: 58.

Bostryx simpliculus ; Breure 1978: 120 (lectotype designation).

Type locality.

”-?”.

Label.

"Peru + Bolivia", taxon label in Pfeiffer’s handwriting. M.C. label style IV.

Dimensions.

"Long. 19 1/2, diam. 9 1/2 mill."; figured specimen herein H 18.9, D 9.3, W 6.0.

Type material.

NHMUK 1975340, lectotype; 1975341, two paralectotype (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

This taxon, for which no precise localities are known, is here figured for the first time. The current systematic position follows Richardson (1995: 44).

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Bostryx simpliculus (Pfeiffer, 1855).

Figures

Figure 10. Bostryx species. A-B Bostryx voithianus (Pfeiffer, 1847), lectotype NHMUK 20100565.1 (H = 19.1) B sculpture on dorsal side of (pen) ultimate whorl C Bostryx simpliculus (Pfeiffer, 1855), lectotype NHMUK 1975340 (H = 18.9) D Bostryx turritus (Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832), possible syntype NHMUK 20100616 (H = 25.3) E Bostryx virgultorum (Morelet, 1863), paralectotype NHMUK 1893.2.4.179 (H = 27.8) F Bostryx woodwardi (Pfeiffer, 1857), lectotype NHMUK 1975334 (H = 31.0) G Bostryx andoicus (Morelet, 1863), lectotype NHMUK 1893.2.4.171 (H = 29.5) H Bostryx derelictus (Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832), probable syntype NHMUK 20100609 (H = 30.3). All enlarged.

Figure L 55. Labels. i Bulimus signifer Pfeiffer, 1855 ii Bulimus simpliculus Pfeiffer, 1855 iii Bulimus sisalensis Morelet, 1849 iv Bulimulus (Drymaeus) smithii da Costa, 1898 v Bulimulus (Drymaeus) solidus Preston, 1907 vi Bulimus sowerbyi Pfeiffer, 1847.