Bulimus integer Pfeiffer, 1855

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Ablett, Jonathan D., 2015, Annotated type catalogue of the Megaspiridae, Orthalicidae, and Simpulopsidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 470, pp. 17-143 : 31-32

Bulimus integer Pfeiffer, 1855 Figs 5i-iii, L10i

Bulimus integer Pfeiffer 1855d: 114; Pfeiffer 1859: 369; Breure 1979: 44.

Porphyrobaphe integer ; Pilsbry 1899: 153.

Thaumastus (Thaumastus) integer ; Breure 1978: 31 (lectotype designation); Breure and Borrero 2008: 8.

Type locality.

"Quito, Ecuador".

Label.

“Quito”. M.C. label style IV.

Dimensions.

"Long. 82, diam. 39 mill.". Figured specimen H 81.5, D 42.0, W 7.4.

Type material.

NHMUK 1975244, lectotype; 1975245, one paralectotype (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

Pfeiffer did not state on how many specimens his description was based; he did, however, recognize a variety β for which he gave "Long. 65, diam. 31 mill." as measurements. This was likely a shell from his own collection, as the paralectotype in the Cuming collection has a shell height of 71.6 mm. The protoconch of these type specimens is sculptured with axial wrinkles, becoming coarse granules on the lower part of the protoconch. The generic classification of Breure (1979) is herein tentatively retained, but further studies should clarify the systematic position of this taxon.

Current systematic position.

Megaspiridae , Thaumastus integer (Pfeiffer, 1855).