Bulimus similaris J. Moricand, 1856

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 : 82

Bulimus similaris J. Moricand, 1856

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Bulimus similaris J. Moricand, 1856: 177 , pl. 6 fig. 8.

Drymaeus similaris . – Pilsbry, 1898 [1897-1898]: 233, pl. 42 fig. 60.

Type locality: [ Peru] “ Moyobamba ”.

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

Dimensions: “Haut. 23 à 25 mill. / Larg. 10 mill.”. Figured specimen H 23.6, D 12.8, W 5.3.

Type material: MHNG-INVE-63531 , seven syntypes (Moricand coll.).

Remarks: Moricand did not state on how many specimens his description was based. According to the label the material was collected by M. Porte. The current systematic position accords with Richardson (1995).

Current systematic position: Bulimulidae , Drymaeus (Drymaeus) similaris (J. Moricand, 1856) .

Figures

Figs 42-65. Bulimulidae. (42) Bulimulus heloicus (d’Orbigny, 1835), syntype, MHNG-INVE-79903 (H = 22.4). (43) Bulimulus unicolor (Sowerby I, 1833), paralectotype of Bulimus petenensis Morelet, 1851, MHNG-INVE-60291 (H = 16.2). (44) Cochlorina aurismuris (Moricand, 1838), syntype, MHNG-INVE-60683 (H = 31.5). (45-46) Drymaeus (Drymaeus) abyssorum (d’Orbigny, 1835), respectively paralectotype of Helix abyssorum d’Orbigny, 1835, MHNG-INVE-63420 (H = 46.9), and paralectotype of Helix hygrohylaea d’Orbigny, 1835, MHNG-INVE-63469 (H = 43.9). (47-50) Drymaeus (Drymaeus) strigatus (Sowerby I, 1833), (47-48) syntype of Bulimus mariae J. Moricand, 1858, MHNG-INVE-64389 (H = 23.3), (49) syntype of Bulimus ceciliae J. Moricand, 1858, MHNG-INVE-63436 (H = 22.3), (50) syntype of Bulimus delphinae J. Moricand, 1858, MHNG-INVE-63443 (H = 22.4). (51) Drymaeus (Drymaeus) similaris (J. Moricand, 1856), syntype, MHNG-INVE-63531 (H = 23.6). (52) Drymaeus (Drymaeus) sachsei (Albers, 1854), syntype, MHNG- INVE-63524 (H = 31.9). (53) Drymaeus (Drymaeus) poecilus (d’Orbigny, 1835), paralectotype, MHNG-INVE-63506 (H = 26.8). (54) Drymaeus (Drymaeus) mexicanus (Lamarck, 1822), syntype, MHNG-INVE-51166 (H = 30.9). (55) Drymaeus (Drymaeus) draparnaudi (Pfeiffer, 1847), paralectotype of Helix torallyi d’Orbigny, 1835 [partim], MHNG- INVE-60326 (H = 24.9). (56-58) Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) virgulatus (Férussac, 1821), syntypes of Bulimus caribaeorum Lamarck, 1822, MHNG-INVE-51169 (H = 26.0).(59) Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) oreades (d’Orbigny,1835), paralectotype, MHNG-INVE-64483 (H = 31.4). (60-61) Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) fragilis (Lamarck, 1822), syntype (H = 28.3). (62) Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) immaculatus (C.B. Adams in Reeve, 1850), paralectotype, MHNG-INVE-64442 (H = 29.7). (63) Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) multilineatus (Say, 1825), paralectotype of Bulimus sisalensis Morelet, 1849, MHNG- INVE-64471 (H = 21.4). (64) Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) tropicalis (Morelet, 1849), paralectotype, MHNG-INVE-64519 (H = 24.3). (65) Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) leucomelas (Albers, 1854), paralectotype, MHNG-INVE-64455 (H = 25.9). ►