Bulimus laetus Reeve, 1849

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 : 84-85

Bulimus laetus Reeve, 1849 Figs 18E , L32v

Bulimus laetus Reeve 1849 [1848-1850]: pl. 83 fig. 616; Breure 1979 (lectotype designation).

Drymaeus laetus ; Pilsbry 1898 [1897-1898]: 245, pl. 43 fig. 72; Linares and Vera 2012: 195 [partim].

Type locality.

[Colombia] "Sebundoi, New Granada".

Label.

"in Abejonal [?, labels partly illegible]". M.C. label style IV, V.

Dimensions.

Not given; figured specimen herein H 26.6, D 13.15, W 6.0.

Type material.

NHMUK 1975534, lectotype, 1975535, two paralectotypes (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

Reeve described the taxon from "Mus. Cuming" and noted "Mr Taylor has a specimen collected independently of this, of exactly similar pattern and colour". The lot found is accompanied by a label that indicates that it was figured by Reeve ( Breure and Ablett 2011: 8, fig. 4C-F). The current systematic position follows Richardson (1995).

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) laetus (Reeve, 1849).

Figures

Figure 18. Drymaeus species. A-B Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) interruptus (Preston, 1909), lectotype NHMUK 1914.4.3.38 (H = 24.5) C-D Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) granadensis (Pfeiffer, 1848), lectotype of Bulimus lividus (Reeve, 1850), lectotype NHMUK 1975208 (H = 24.5) E Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) laetus (Reeve, 1849), lectotype NHMUK 1975534 (H = 26.6) F-G Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) jonasi (Pfeiffer in Philippi 1846), syntype NHMUK 1975557 (H = 26.6) H-I Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) studeri (Pfeiffer, 1847), lectotype of Bulimus primula (Reeve, 1848) NHMUK 1975478 (H = 25.0) J Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) prestoni da Costa, 1906, lectotype NHMUK 1907.11.21.12 (H = 21.3) K-L Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) muliebris (Reeve, 1849), lectotype NHMUK 1879.2.26.251 (H = 29.9) M-N Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) roseatus (Reeve, 1848), lectotype NHMUK 1975309 (H = 35.6) O-P Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) studeri (Pfeiffer, 1847), lectotype NHMUK 1975480 (H = 25.6) Q Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) translucens panamensis (Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832), possible syntype NHMUK 20100614 (H = 18.2) R Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) translucens translucens (Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832), lectotype NHMUK 20100634 (H = 21.2). All enlarged.

Figure L 32. Labels. i Bulimus keppelli Pfeiffer, 1853 ii Bulimus lactifluus Pfeiffer, 1857 iii Bulimus knorri Pfeiffer in Philippi 1846 iv Bulimus koppeli Sowerby III, 1892 v Bulimus laetus Reeve, 1849.