Bulimus yatesi Pfeiffer, 1855

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Ablett, Jonathan D., 2015, Annotated type catalogue of the Megaspiridae, Orthalicidae, and Simpulopsidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 470, pp. 17-143 : 50

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scientific name	Bulimus yatesi Pfeiffer, 1855
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Treatment

Bulimus yatesi Pfeiffer, 1855 Figs 20iii-iv, L19ii

Bulimus yatesi Pfeiffer 1855c: 93, pl. 31 fig. 5; Pfeiffer 1856 [1854-1860]: 63, pl. 18 figs 1-2; Pfeiffer 1859: 371.

Orthalicus yatesi ; Pilsbry 1899: 202, pl. 43 fig. 17.

Sultana (Metorthalicus) yatesi ; Breure and Schouten 1985: 28 (lectotype designation).

Type locality.

"Meobamba, Eastern Peru (Mr. Yates)".

Label.

"Meobamba, East Peru". M.C. label style III.

Dimensions.

"Long. 82, diam. 32 mill.". Figured specimen H 84.3, D 39.7, W 7.2.

Type material.

NHMUK 1975239/1, lectotype; 1975239/2-3, two paralectotypes (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

Pfeiffer did not state on how many specimens his description was based; Pfeiffer (1856 [1854-1860]) mentioned "Aus H. Cumings’s und meiner Sammlung". The specimen figured by Pfeiffer (1855c) was selected lectotype by Breure and Schouten (1985). The current systematic position follows Richardson (1993: 127) at the species level.

Current systematic position.

Orthalicidae , Sultana (Metorthalicus) yatesi (Pfeiffer, 1855).