Bulimus felix Pfeiffer, 1862

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 : 57

Bulimus felix Pfeiffer, 1862 Figs 45D-F , L22iii

Bulimus felix Pfeiffer 1862: 387, pl. 37 fig. 2.

Drymaeus felix ; Pilsbry 1898 [1897-1898]: 211, pl. 35 fig. 20; Linares and Vera 2012: 185 [partim].

Type locality.

"New Granada".

Label.

"New Granada", taxon label in Pfeiffer’s handwriting. M.C. label style III.

Dimensions.

"Long. 33, diam. 13 mill."; lectotype H 34.0, D 14.8, W 6.2.

Type material.

NHMUK 1975206, lectotype and three paralectotypes (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

Pfeiffer did not state on how many specimens his description was based. A lot with four specimens was found, which is considered as type material. The specimen marked with ‘x’ has been selected as lectotype ( design. n.) to define this often confused taxon.

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Drymaeus (Drymaeus) felix (Pfeiffer, 1862).

Figures

Figure 45. Drymaeus species. A-C Drymaeus (Drymaeus) acuminatus da Costa, 1906, holotype NHMUK 1907.11.21.10 (H = 33.4) D-F Drymaeus (Drymaeus) felix (Pfeiffer, 1862), lectotype NHMUK 1975206 (H = 34.0) G-I Drymaeus (Drymaeus) fucatus (Reeve, 1849), lectotype NHMUK 1874.12.11.224 (H = 23.5) J-L Drymaeus (Drymaeus) farrisi (Pfeiffer, 1858), lectotype NHMUK 1975506 (H = 46.8) M-N Drymaeus (Drymaeus) poecilus (d'Orbigny, 1835), paralectotype NHMUK 1854.12.4.155 (H = 34.8). All enlarged.

Figure L 22. Labels. i Bulimus fabrefactus Reeve, 1848 ii Bulimus farrisi Pfeiffer, 1858 iii Bulimus felix Pfeiffer, 1862 iv Bulimus fenestratus Pfeiffer, 1846 v Bulimus ferrugineus Reeve, 1849 vi Bulimus feriatus Reeve, 1848.