Bulimus monachus 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 : 98

Bulimus monachus Pfeiffer, 1857 Figs 63A-B , L37vii

Bulimus monachus Pfeiffer 1857c: 333.

Type locality.

"Meobamba, Peru".

Label.

"Meobamba M. Gueinzius", taxon label in Pfeiffer’s handwriting. M.C. label style I.

Dimensions.

"Long. 31, diam. 11 1/2 mill."; figured specimen herein H 31.2, D 12.6, W 8.3.

Type material.

NHMUK 20100584, lectotype and two paralectotypes, Gueinzius leg. (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

The specimen which is nearest to the original shell height is herein selected lectotype ( design. n.) to define this taxon.

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Bulimulus monachus (Pfeiffer, 1857).

Figures

Figure 63. Bulimulus species. A-B Bulimulus monachus (Pfeiffer, 1857), lectotype NHMUK 20100584 (H = 31.2) C-D Bulimulus guadalupensis (Bruguiere, 1789), lectotype of Bulimus rubrifasciatus Reeve, 1848 NHM 1975393 (H = 22.9) E-F Bulimulus corneous (Sowerby I, 1833), lectotype of Bulimus nubeculatus Pfeiffer, 1853 NHMUK 1975407 (H = 16.0) G-H Bulimulus transparens (Reeve, 1849), lectotype NHMUK 1975397 (H = 18.4) I-J Bulimulus marcidus (Pfeiffer, 1853), possible syntype NHMUK 20100649 (H = 18.0) K-L Bulimulus turritellatus (Beck, 1838), paralectotype of Helix turritella d'Orbigny 1835 NHMUK 1854.12.4.166 (H = 19.3) M-P Bulimulus unicolor (Sowerby I, 1833) M-N lectotype of Bulimus petenensis Morelet, 1851 NHMUK 1893.2.4.1176 (H = 18.7) O-P Possible syntype of Bulimulus istapensis Crosse and Fischer, 1873 NHMUK 1893.2.4.1185 (H = 11.2). 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.