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
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scientific name	Bulimus elaeodes Pfeiffer, 1853
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Treatment

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?.