Bulimus orophilus Morelet, 1863

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 : 76

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7335519
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scientific name	Bulimus orophilus Morelet, 1863
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Bulimus orophilus Morelet, 1863 View in CoL

Fig. 71 View Figs 66-83

Bulimus orophilus Morelet, 1863: 189 View in CoL , pl. 9 fig. 6. – Breure, 1979: 56. – Breure & Ablett, 2014: 140, View Cited Treatment figs 4H, L43iii.

Bostryx orophilus View in CoL . – Breure, 1978: 107 (lectotype designation).

Type locality: “les vallées tempérées des plateaux de Cuzco; (..) notablement à Talavera, Silque, Incahuasi et Mollepata” (restricted to Peru, Dept. Cuzco, Prov. Anta, Distr. Limatambo, Mollepata ; Breure, 1978).

Label: “Incahuasi Pérou ”, “Mollepata Pérou ”, “Silque Pérou ”, “Andahuaylillas Pérou ”, “Curahuasi Pérou ”, “Talavera Pérou ”, “Quiquijana Pérou ”.

Dimensions: “Long. 22; diam. 9 mill.”; figured specimen herein H 23.3, D 9.78, W 6.9.

Type material: MHNG-INVE-60289, 21 (3 + 4 + 2 + 5 + 3 + 2 + 2) paralectotypes (Angrand coll.).

Remarks: Morelet did not state on how many specimens his description was based. The lectotype was chosen by Breure (1978) from the material labelled ‘Mollepata’. Additional type material is in NHMUK ( Breure & Ablett, 2014). The current systematic position follows Richardson (1995: 37), but see above under Bulimus albicolor Morelet, 1860 .

Current systematic position: Bulimulidae , Bostryx albicolor ( Morelet, 1860) .

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