Drymaeus alabastrinus da Costa, 1906

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 : 12

Drymaeus alabastrinus da Costa, 1906 Figs 43J-L , L3iii

Drymaeus alabastrinus da Costa 1906b: 98, pl. 11 fig. 4.

Drymaeus (Drymaeus) alabastrinus ; Breure 1979: 106.

Type locality.

"Honda, Colombia".

Label.

"Honda, Colombia"; in da Costa’s handwriting.

Dimensions.

"Long. 33, diam. 15 mill."; figured specimen herein H 33.0, D 15.3, W 7.6.

Type material.

NHMUK 1907.11.21.16, holotype (da Costa coll.).

Remarks.

da Costa did not clearly state on how many specimens his description was based. However, since he mentioned "a shell" it may be safely assumed that he had only one specimen at hand.

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Drymaeus (Drymaeus) alabastrinus da Costa, 1906.

Figures

Figure 43. Drymaeus species. A-C Drymaeus (Drymaeus) cuzcoensis (Reeve, 1849), lectotype NHMUK 1975453 (H = 36.6) D-F Drymaeus (Drymaeus) clathratus (Pfeiffer, 1858), lectotype NHMUK 1975449 (H = 30.0) G-I Drymaeus (Drymaeus) praetextus (Reeve, 1849), lectotype NHMUK 198340 (H = 39.0) J-L Drymaeus (Drymaeus) alabastrinus da Costa, 1906, holotype NHMUK 1907.11.21.16 (H = 33.0). All enlarged.

Figure L 3. Labels. i-ii Bulinus affinis Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832 iii Drymaeus alabastrinus da Costa, 1906 iv Bulimulus (Naesiotus) albemarlensis Dall, 1917 v-vi Bulinus albicans Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832 vii Bulimus albicolor Morelet, 1863 viii Bulimus (Drymaeus) albolabiatus E. A. Smith, 1877 ix-x Bulinus albus Sowerby I, 1833.