Bulimus meleagris Pfeiffer, 1853

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 : 97

Bulimus meleagris Pfeiffer, 1853 Figs 75D-F , L37ii

Bulimus meleagris Pfeiffer 1853b: 257; 1853d: 382; Pfeiffer 1854 in Küster and Pfeiffer 1840-1865: 81, pl. 21 figs 24-25.

Type locality.

"Andibus Novae Granadae".

Label.

"Andes N. Granada", taxon label in Pfeiffer’s handwriting. M.C. label style I.

Dimensions.

"Long. 31, diam. 14 mill."; figured specimen herein H 31.3, D 16.0, W 5.0.

Type material.

NHMUK 20100583, lectotype and one paralectotype (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

One of the specimens corresponds to the original measurements and Pfeiffer’s figure, and is here designated lectotype ( design. n.). The paralectotype is subadult. Upon re-examining these specimens, it is clear that the specimens referred to by Breure (1978: 219, pl. 7 fig. 18) are not this species. If the type locality is correct, this species might be expected in southern Colombia or the adjacent region in Ecuador.

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Stenostylus meleagris (Pfeiffer, 1853).

Figures

Figure 75. A-C Stenostylus nigrolimbatus (Pfeiffer, 1853), lectotype NHMUK 1975549 (H = 28.0) D-F Stenostylus meleagris (Pfeiffer, 1853), lectotype NHMUK 20100583 (H = 31.3) G Auris chrysostoma (Moricand, 1836), probable syntype of Bulimus swainsoni Pfeiffer 1845 NHMUK 20100586 (H = 60.0) H-I Drymaeus (Drymaeus) lilacinus (Reeve, 1849), lectotype of Bulimus patricius Reeve, 1849 NHMUK 1874.12.11.220 (H = 52.1). All enlarged.

Figure L 37. Labels. i Bulimus martinicensis Pfeiffer, 1846 ii Bulimus meleagris Pfeiffer, 1853 iii Bulimus mejillonensis Pfeiffer in Pfeiffer and Dunker, 1857 iv Bulimus meridanus Pfeiffer, 1846 v Bostryx metagyra Pilsbry & Olsson, 1949 vi Bulimus mollicellus Reeve, 1849 vii Bulimus monachus Pfeiffer, 1857 viii Bulimulus (Bostryx) moniezi Dautzenberg, 1896 ix Bulimus montagnei d'Orbigny, 1837.