Bulimus ouveanus alba Crosse, 1874

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Ablett, Jonathan D., 2012, Annotated type catalogue of the Bothriembryontidae and Odontostomidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 182, pp. 1-70 : 4

Bulimus ouveanus alba Crosse, 1874 Figs 8G-H

Bulimus ouveanus var. γ alba Crosse 1874: 109; Breure and Schouten 1985: 66.

Placostylus fibratus ouveanus (Dotzauser in Mousson); Neubert et al. 2009: 74, fig. 96

Type locality.

"in loco Siandé dicto, Novae Caledoniae (E. Marie)".

Label.

“Siandé”; label in Crosse’s handwriting glued to the shell.

Dimensions.

"Long. 48, diam. maj. 23 1/2 mill."; holotype H 48.1, D 23.8, W 6.1.

Type material.

NHMUK 1929.9.14.6, holotype (Marie coll.).

Remarks.

The shell is accompanied by another label in Crosse’s handwriting, stating that on 30 July 1884 he received a message from E. Marie that this shell had to be considered a monstrosity. Neubert et al. (2009) ascribe this taxon to Pfeiffer, but it is unclear if Pfeiffer ever saw this specimen.

Current systematic position.

Bothriembryontidae, Placostylus fibratus ouveanus (Dotzauer in Mousson, 1869).

Figures

Figure 8. Placostylus fibratus subspecies. A-D Placostylus fibratus guestieri (Gassies, 1869) A, i Bulimus infundibulum Gassies, 1871, holotype NHM 1883.11.10.1163 (H = 75.6) B-C, iii Bulimus souvillei gatopensis Crosse, 1870, syntype NHM 1929.9.14.4 (H = 94.5) D, ii Bulimus pinicola Gassies, 1870, syntype NHM 1883.11.10.1164 (H = 92.8) E-H Placostylus fibratus ouveanus (Dotzauer in Mousson, 1869) E-F Bulimus ouveanus sinistorsa Crosse, 1884, NHM 1929.9.14.8 (H = 49.2) G-H Bulimus ouveanus alba Crosse, 1874, holotype NHM 1929.9.14.6 (H = 48.1) I, iv Placostylus fibratus alexander (Crosse, 1855), holotype of Bulimus necouensis Gassies, 1871 NHM 1883.11.10.1175 (H = 73.9). All reduced in size.