Bulimus lirinus Morelet, 1851

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 : 91

Bulimus lirinus Morelet, 1851 Figs 20A , L34viii

Bulimus lirinus Morelet 1851: 11; Breure 1979: 120.

Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) lirinus ; Thompson 2011: 113.

Type locality.

[Guatemala] "Petenensium San-Luis".

Label.

"Peten, Forets de S. Luis", in Morelet’s handwriting.

Dimensions.

"Longit. 30.-Diam. 11 [mm]"; figured specimen herein H 30.2, D 13.15, W 6.1.

Type material.

NHMUK 1893.2.4.1954, holotype (ex Morelet).

Remarks.

Morelet indicated that he had only one specimen at hand, thus this is the holotype. The current systematic position is according to Thompson (2011).

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) lirinus (Morelet, 1851).

Figures

Figure 20. Drymaeus species. A Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) lirinus (Morelet, 1851), holotype NHMUK 1893.2.4.1954 (H = 30.2) B Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) stramineus (Guilding, 1828), syntype of Bulimus lucidus Reeve, 1848 NHMUK 1975524 (H = 28.9) C Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) rawsoni (Guppy, 1871), lectotype of Bulimulus (Drymaeus) rawsonis H. Adams, 1873 NHMUK 1878.1.28.209 (H = 23.7) D-E Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) sulphureus (Pfeiffer, 1857) D lectotype NHMUK 20100585 (H = 28.7) E lectotype of Bulimus citronellus Angas, 1879 NHMUK 1879.7.22.19 (H = 25.0) F-G Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) inusitatus (Fulton, 1900), lectotype NHMUK 1901.4.25.28 (H = 28.3) H Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) puellaris (Reeve, 1850), lectotype NHMUK 1975400 (H = 22.4) I Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) broadwayi (E. A. Smith, 1896), holotype NHMUK 1895.11.28.10 (H = 11.9) J Drymaeus sp., syntype of Bulimus pallens Reeve, 1849 [nomen inquirendum] NHMUK 20120056 (H = 17.9). All enlarged.

Figure L 34. Labels. i Helix lichnorum d'Orbigny, 1835 ii Helix limonoica d'Orbigny, 1835 iii Bulimus lilacinus Reeve, 1849 iv Helix linostoma d'Orbigny, 1835 v Bulimus limensis Reeve, 1849 vi Bulimus liquabilis Reeve, 1848 vii Helix lithoica d'Orbigny, 1835 viii Bulimus lirinus Morelet, 1851 ix Bulimus lividus Reeve, 1850.