Simpulopsis corrugatus Guppy, 1866

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Ablett, Jonathan D., 2015, Annotated type catalogue of the Megaspiridae, Orthalicidae, and Simpulopsidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 470, pp. 17-143 : 23

Simpulopsis corrugatus Guppy, 1866 Figs 24i-ii, L5i

Simpulopsis corrugatus Guppy 1866: 53; Breure 1979: 134.

Type locality.

“Trinidad”.

Label.

“Trinidad”, presumably in Guppy’s handwriting.

Dimensions.

"Height 0.38 inch, greatest breadth 0.47 inch [H 9.65, D 11.9 mm]". Figured specimen H 9.27 (damaged), D 10.8, W 3.5.

Type material.

NHMUK 1866.1.3.7, one syntype (ex Guppy).

Remarks.

Guppy did not state on how many specimens his description was based; the single specimen found is damaged. Guppy emendated the name “qu’il me paraît préférable de féminiser, à l’exemple de Pfeiffer et de la plupart des auteurs" ( Guppy 1878: 323). He also wrote "...je n’avais pu trouver que deux individus complétement adultes et deux exemplaires jeunes de cette espèce (...) Au commencement de l’année 1877, j’ai été assez heureux pour découvrir six à sept autres individus adultes (...) Coll. L. Guppy et H. Crosse". From this text it is clear that Guppy had multiple specimens at hand when originally describing this taxon, and also that the figure presented in this paper ( Guppy 1878: pl. 10 fig. 5) is likely not from the type series.

Current systematic position.

Simpulopsidae , Simpulopsis (Simpulopsis) corrugata Guppy, 1866.