Bulimus fidaensis J. Moricand, 1858

Breure, Abraham S. H., 2016, Annotated type catalogue of the Orthalicoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Stylommatophora) in the Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Geneva, Revue suisse de Zoologie 123 (1), pp. 57-103 : 69

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7278119
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scientific name	Bulimus fidaensis J. Moricand, 1858
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Bulimus fidaensis J. Moricand, 1858: 451 , pl. 14 fig. 1.

Drymaeus fidaensis . – Pilsbry, 1898 [1897-1898]: 232, pl. 41 fig. 21. – Simone, 2006: 137, fig. 450.

Type locality: [ Brazil] “ Bahia ” .

Label: “ Bahia ”, in Moricand’s handwriting.

Dimensions: “Alt., 30 mill.; diam. 11”; figured specimen herein H 29.6, D 13.5, W 7.0.

Type material: MHNG-INVE-63455, one syntype (Moricand coll.).

Remarks: Moricand did not mention on how many specimens his description was based. Pilsbry suggested that this taxon might belong to the Odontostomidae , genus Moricandia Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1898 . In a note accompanying the lot, Mermod wrote in 1937 “Il ne semble pas quece Bulime soit un Odontostomus , ni un ... Drymaeus ?”. The protoconch sculpture consists of fine spiral lines and the taxon is now placed in the genus Leiostracus Albers, 1850 (comb. n.). Moricand’s taxon proves to be a junior subjective synonym of Bulimus clouei Pfeiffer, 1857 (synon. n.); the lectotype of this species is in the NHMUK ( Breure & Ablett, 2015: 26, figs 21i-iii).

Current systematic position: Simpulopsidae , Leiostracus clouei (Pfeiffer, 1857) (comb. n., synon. n.).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Mollusca
Class	Gastropoda
Order	Stylommatophora
SuperFamily	Orthalicoidea
Family	Bulimulidae
Genus	Bulimus
SubGenus	Simpulopsis