Bulimus aequatorius 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 : 10

Bulimus aequatorius Pfeiffer, 1853 Figs 69A-B , L2v-vi

Bulimus aequatorius Pfeiffer 1853d: 420; Pfeiffer 1854 in Küster and Pfeiffer 1840-1865: 101, pl. 13 figs 1-4; Pfeiffer 1854c: 155; Breure 1979: 85 (lectotype designation).

Bulimulus aequatorius ; Pilsbry 1897 [1897-1898]: 30, pl. 7 figs 1-5.

Scutalus (Vermiculatus) aequatorius ; Breure and Borrero 2008: 18.

Type locality.

"in republica Aequatorius, in monte Schinchulagua Equador".

Label.

"Woods on the / mountain / Schinchulaqua / Equador", taxon label in Pfeiffer’s handwriting. M.C. label style IV.

Dimensions.

"Long. 34, diam. 17 mill.". Figured specimen H 37.8, D 18.2, W 6.5.

Type material.

NHMUK 1975377, lectotype; 1975378, two paralectotypes (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

Pfeiffer did no indicate on how many specimens his description was based. He described two varieties from "Chimborazo (Bourcier)". The second label in the lot indicates ”var.” and "Chimborazo, Equador / Mons. Bourcier / Consul General". The systematic position at the species level follows Richardson (1995: 345).

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Kuschelenia (Vermiculatus) aequatorius (Pfeiffer, 1853) (comb. n.).

Figures

Figure 69. Kuschelenia species. A-B Kuschelenia (Vermiculatus) aequatorius Pfeiffer, 1853, lectotype NHMUK 1975377 (H = 37.8) C-D, K Kuschelenia (Vermiculatus) caliginosus (Reeve, 1849), lectotype NHMUK 20100518.1 (H = 35.4) E-F, I Kuschelenia (Vermiculatus) anthisanensis (Pfeiffer, 1853), lectotype NHMUK 1975372 (H = 40.2) G-H, J Kuschelenia (Vermiculatus) cotopaxiensis (Pfeiffer, 1853), lectotype NHMUK 1975370 (H = 33.9). All enlarged.

Figure L 2. Labels. i Bulimus achatellinus Forbes, 1850 ii Drymaeus acuminatus da Costa, 1906 iii Bulimus (Drymaeus) aequatorianus E. A. Smith, 1877 iv Bulimus aestivus Pfeiffer, 1857 v-vi Bulimus aequatorius Pfeiffer, 1853.