Dryptus funckii (Nyst, 1843)

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Bulimus funckii Nyst 1843: 262, pl. 7 fig. 2. Type locality: “la Colombie, dans la province de Cumana [Venezuela].” Lectotype RBINS/MT2352 (Breure 2011). Bulimus (Dryptus) funcki Nyst; Tello 1975: 197. Dryptus funckii (Nyst); Richardson 1995: 199 (references, synonymy).

Bulimus superbus Jonas 1844: 35 . Type locality: “in vicinitate cavernae Guacharo, juxta vicum Caripe, Provinciae Cumana, Reipublicae Venezuela.”

Bulimus adoptus Reeve 1849: pl. 82 fig. 608. Type locality: Banks of the Orinoco.

Bulimus caripensis “Valenciennes ” Martens 1873: 172.

Material.?, Colombia (BMNH). Venezuela, Sucre, Cumaná: USNM 307480 (J.H. Redfield Colln); Miranda, Caracas: ZMUZ 511561 (ex A. Wagner 1853, ex A. Mousson); “ Venezuela ”: CM 62.4691 (W.D. Hartman Colln), USNM 105214 (I. Lea Colln), UMMZ 13831 (F. Stearns Colln), UMMZ 144473 (J.E.Linter leg., B.Walker Colln), UMMZ 144474 (J.H. Ponsonby Colln).

Remarks. Richardson (1995: 199) ascribed Bulimus caripensis to Mousson, evidently an error for Martens, 1873. The latter author referred this name to Valenciennes, based on a label in the Paris museum with H. Cuming as source. He also referred to Jonas (1846: pl. 11 fig. 16). Tello (1975) has summarized previous records from literature in his catalogue; however, these listings must be treated with great caution as they have not been confirmed.

Although Abbott (1989) mentioned this species as distributed in Colombia, we have not recognized it among Colombian material.