Bulimus petenensis Morelet, 1851

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 : 78

Bulimus petenensis Morelet, 1851

Fig. 43

Bulimus petenensis Morelet, 1851: 10 . – Breure, 1979: 64 (lectotype designation). – Neubert & Janssen, 2004: 222, pl. 10 fig. 108. – Breure & Ablett, 2014: 149 , figs 63M-N, L45vii.

Bulimulus unicolor petenensis . – Breure, 1978: 149.

Bulimulus unicolor (Sowerby I) . – Thompson, 2011: 107.

Type locality: [ Guatemala] “ campos Petenensis ”.

Label: “Savanes du Peten ”, in Moricand’s handwriting.

Dimensions: “Longit. 19.‒Diam. 8”; figured specimen herein H 16.2, D 7.91, W 5.9.

Type material: MHNG-INVE-60291 , two paralectotypes (ex Morelet).

Remarks: Morelet did not mention on how many specimens his description was based. According to the label, Moricand received the material in 1850 from Morelet. One of the specimens is broken. The lectotype is in the NHMUK collection. The current systematic position follows Thompson (2011).

Current systematic position: Bulimulidae , Bulimulus unicolor (Sowerby I, 1833) .

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). ►