Bulimus elaeodes Pfeiffer, 1853

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Ablett, Jonathan D., 2011, Annotated type catalogue of the Amphibulimidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 138, pp. 1-52 : 24

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.138.1847

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BC7806A0-2175-A6A6-88BB-6A4914615919

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scientific name

Bulimus elaeodes Pfeiffer, 1853
status

 

Bulimus elaeodes Pfeiffer, 1853 Figs 29A-C, 29i View Figure 29

Bulimus elaeodes Pfeiffer 1853: 256.

Plekocheilus (Eurytus) elaeodes (Pfeiffer); Borrero and Breure 2011: 53.

Type locality.

"in Andibus Novae Granadae".

Label.

"Andes, N. Granada", taxon label in Pfeiffer's handwriting. M.C. label type I.

Dimensions.

"Long. 36, diam. 18 mill."; figured specimen H 33.2, D 20.6, W 4.3.

Type material.

NHM 19991536, three possible syntypes (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

These specimens are not accompanied by a label in Pfeiffer's handwriting and their measurements do not correspond with those published by Pfeiffer. They are treated here as possible syntypes but prove not to belong to the genus Plekocheilus to which this taxon was hitherto referred.

Current systematic position.

Strophocheilidae , Chileborus species?.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Stylommatophora

Family

Bulimulidae

Genus

Bulimus

Loc

Bulimus elaeodes Pfeiffer, 1853

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Ablett, Jonathan D. 2011
2011
Loc

Bulimus elaeodes

Pfeiffer 1853
1853