Bulimus aurifluus Pfeiffer, 1857

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 : 20-21

Bulimus aurifluus Pfeiffer, 1857 Figs 25A , L6vii

Bulimus aurifluus Pfeiffer 1857b: 319, pl. 35 fig. 10; Pfeiffer 1859b: 400.

Type locality.

[Mexico] ”Cordova”.

Label.

"Cordova (Mexico)"; taxon name in Pfeiffer’s handwriting. M.C. label style I.

Dimensions.

"Long. 22, diam. 10 mill."; figured specimen herein H 21.8, D 11.1, W 5.1.

Type material.

NHMUK 1975502, lectotype; 1975502/2, one paralectotype (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

One of the two specimens found corresponds to the figure of Pfeiffer and is here selected as the lectotype ( design. n.). The current systematic position follows Thompson (2011: 112).

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) aurifluus (Pfeiffer, 1857).

Figures

Figure 25. Drymaeus species. A Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) aurifluus (Pfeiffer, 1857), lectotype NHMUK 1975502 (H = 21.8) B Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) bugabensis (Martens, 1893), lectotype NHMUK 1901.6.22.958 (H = 26.3) C Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) dubius (Pfeiffer, 1853), lectotype NHMUK 1975519 (H = 27.1) D Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) (?) rufescens (J. E. Gray, 1825), lectotype of Bulimus erusbescens Pfeiffer, 1847 NHMUK 1975562 (H = 24.2) E Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) conicus da Costa, 1907, lectotype NHMUK 1907.11.21.32 (H = 17.5) F Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) granadensis (Pfeiffer, 1848), lectotype of Bulimus demotus Reeve, 1850 NHMUK 1975504 (H = 31.8) G Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) vexillum (Wood, 1828), lectotype of Bulimus keppelli Pfeiffer, 1853 NHMUK 1975538 (H = 33.2) H Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) attenuatus varicosus (Pfeiffer, 1853), lectotype NHMUK 1975466 (H = 35.5) I-K Drymaeus (Drymaeus) signifer (Pfeiffer, 1855), lectotype NHMUK 1975216 (H = 32.9). All enlarged.

Figure L 6. Labels. i Bulimus aquilus Reeve, 1848 ii Bulimus atacamensis Pfeiffer, 1856 iii Bulimus arcuatostriatus Pfeiffer, 1855 iv-v Bulimulus atahualpa Dohrn, 1863 vi Bulimus attenuatus Pfeiffer, 1853 vii Bulimus aurifluus Pfeiffer 1857.