Helix (Cochlodonta) tomigera S. Moricand, 1836

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 : 82-83

Helix (Cochlodonta) tomigera S. Moricand, 1836

Figs 115-117

Helix (Cochlodonta) tomigera S. Moricand, 1836: 439 . – S. Moricand, 1841: 152, pl. 5 figs 13-15.

Type locality: [ Brazil, Bahia] “ les bois de la Caxoeira ”.

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

Dimensions: Not given; figured specimen herein H 10.1, D 13.5, W 4.2.

Type material: MHNG-INVE-64717 , one syntype (Moricand coll.).

Remarks: Moricand (1836) wrote “le très-petit nombre d’individus que M. Blanchet en a pu recueillir”, without specifying the number of specimens. The current systematic position follows Simone (2006).

Current systematic position: Odontostomidae , Tomigerus clausus (Spix, 1827) .

Figures

Figs 113-126. Odontostomidae. (113-114) Bahiensis bahiensis (S. Moricand, 1834), syntype, MHNG-INVE-64638 (H = 18.5). (115-117) Tomigerus clausus (Spix, 1827), syntype of Helix (Cochlodonta) tomigera S. Moricand, 1836, MHNG- INVE-64717 (H = 10.1). (118-121) Biotocus turbinatus (Pfeiffer, 1845), syntype of Helix tomigeroides S. Moricand, 1846, MHNG-INVE-64718 (H = 11.4). (122) Spixia striata (Spix, 1827), paralectotype of Pupa spixii major d’Orbigny, 1837, MHNG-INVE-64662 (H = 34.6). (123-124) Burringtonia pantagruelina (S. Moricand, 1834), (123) syntype, MHNG-INVE-64695 (H = 52.9), (124) syntype of Helix (Cochlodina) pantagruelina minor S. Moricand, 1836, MHNG-INVE-64698 (H = 45.1). (125) Cyclodontina inflata (Wagner in Spix, 1827), specimen from original series of Bulimus scabrellus ‘Anthony’ Dohrn, 1882, MHNG-INVE-64686 (H = 19.7). (126) Plagiodontes patagonicus (d’Orbigny, 1835), paralectotype, MHNG-INVE-64708 (H = 22.2).