Bulimus voithianus Pfeiffer, 1847

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 : 173

Bulimus voithianus Pfeiffer, 1847 Figs 10A-B , L65v

Bulimus voithianus Pfeiffer 1847: 114; Pfeiffer 1848b: 210;

Bulimus meridionalis Reeve 1848 [1848-1850]: pl. 21 fig. 131.

Type locality.

"Chili (T. Bridges)".

Label.

”Chili”. M.C. label style I.

Dimensions.

"Long. 19, diam. 7 1/2 mill."; figured specimen herein H 19.1, D 8.1, W 6.2.

Type material.

NHMUK 20100565.1-4, lectotype and three paralectotypes (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

Pfeiffer described this species from H. Cuming’s collection, but did not state on how many specimens his description was based. Reeve described the same material ("Chili; Bridges") as Bulimus meridionalis [June 1848, not Bulimus meridionalis Reeve Dec. 1848 (pl. 56 fig. 370)]. In the index ( Reeve 1850 [1848-1850]: ix) he corrected this to "Voithianus, Pfr.", apparently having realized that Pfeiffer’s taxon was the same; this has escaped the notice of later authors. Thus Bulimus meridionalis Reeve, 1848 [June] is a junior synonym of Bulimus voithianus Pfeiffer, 1847 (syn. n.). One of the specimens found corresponds with Pfeiffer’s shell height and is here selected lectotype (design. n.) to define the taxon. The current systematic position follows Richardson (1995: 50).

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Bostryx voithianus (Pfeiffer, 1847).

Figures

Figure 10. Bostryx species. A-B Bostryx voithianus (Pfeiffer, 1847), lectotype NHMUK 20100565.1 (H = 19.1) B sculpture on dorsal side of (pen) ultimate whorl C Bostryx simpliculus (Pfeiffer, 1855), lectotype NHMUK 1975340 (H = 18.9) D Bostryx turritus (Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832), possible syntype NHMUK 20100616 (H = 25.3) E Bostryx virgultorum (Morelet, 1863), paralectotype NHMUK 1893.2.4.179 (H = 27.8) F Bostryx woodwardi (Pfeiffer, 1857), lectotype NHMUK 1975334 (H = 31.0) G Bostryx andoicus (Morelet, 1863), lectotype NHMUK 1893.2.4.171 (H = 29.5) H Bostryx derelictus (Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832), probable syntype NHMUK 20100609 (H = 30.3). All enlarged.

Figure L 65. Labels. i Bulimus virginalis Pfeiffer, 1856 ii Bulimus virgultorum Morelet, 1863 iii Drymaeus wintlei Finch, 1929 iv Bulimulus (Naesiotus) wolfi Reibisch, 1892 v Bulimus voithianus Pfeiffer, 1847.