Bulimus virginalis Pfeiffer, 1856

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Ablett, Jonathan D., 2014, Annotated type catalogue of the Bulimulidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 392, pp. 1-367 : 172

Bulimus virginalis Pfeiffer, 1856 Figs 24C , L65i

Bulimus virginalis Pfeiffer 1856b: 46; Pfeiffer 1859b: 405.

Type locality.

[Venezuela] "prope Caracas".

Label.

”Venezuela”, taxon label in Pfeiffer’s handwriting. M.C. label style IV.

Dimensions.

"Long. 26, diam. 91/2 mill."; figured specimen herein H 27.9, D 11.5, W 7.2.

Type material.

NHMUK 1975503, five probable syntypes (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

Pfeiffer described this taxon based on material "teste E. Klocke", and did not state on how many specimens his description was based. The material in the Cuming collection has a taxon label in Pfeiffer’s handwriting, and is considered as probable syntypes.

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) virginalis (Pfeiffer, 1856).

Figures

Figure 24. Drymaeus species. A Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) flavidulus (E. A. Smith, 1877), lectotype NHMUK 1975134 (H = 21.4) B Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) fuscobasis (E. A. Smith, 1877), lectotype NHMUK 1975139 (H = 28.7) C Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) virginalis (Pfeiffer, 1856), probable syntype NHMUK 1975503 (H = 27.9) D Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) deshayesi (Pfeiffer, 1845), lectotype NHMUK 1975526 (H = 44.5) E Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) columbianus (Lea, 1838), lectotype of Bulimus gruneri Pfeiffer, 1846 NHMUK 20100563 / 1 (H = 27.8) F Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) rectilinearis (Pfeiffer, 1855), NHMUK 1975337 (H = 23.9) G Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) multilineatus (Say, 1825), paralectotype of Bulimus sisalensis Morelet, 1849 NHMUK 1893.2.4.1655 (H = 24.1) H Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) koppeli (Sowerby III, 1892), lectotype NHMUK 1907.11.21.133 (H = 25.5) I Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) hondurasanus (Pfeiffer, 1846), lectotype NHMUK 1975265 (H = 28.6) J Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) inglorius (Reeve, 1848), lectotype NHMUK 1975536 (H = 25.6) K Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) tripictus hoffmanni (Martens, 1893), holotype of Drymaeus prestoni cancellata da Costa, 1906 NHMUK 1907.11.21.13 (H = 18.1) L Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) gabbi (Angas, 1879), lectotype NHMUK 1879.7.22.23 (H = 20.6). All enlarged.

Figure L 65. Labels. i Bulimus virginalis Pfeiffer, 1856 ii Bulimus virgultorum Morelet, 1863 iii Drymaeus wintlei Finch, 1929 iv Bulimulus (Naesiotus) wolfi Reibisch, 1892 v Bulimus voithianus Pfeiffer, 1847.