Bulimus erectus 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 : 54

Bulimus erectus Reeve 1849 Figs 60G-H , L20v

Bulimus erectus Reeve 1849 [1848-1850]: pl. 58 fig. 392; Pfeiffer 1853d: 439.

Bulimulus erectus ; Pilsbry 1897 [1897-1898]: 60, pl. 10 fig. 99.

Type locality.

"Curiana, Venezuela".

Label.

"Curiana, Venezuela". M.C. label style I, V.

Dimensions.

Not given; figured specimen herein H 22.0 D 12.24 W 6.8.

Type material.

NHMUK 20100516, three syntypes, Dyson leg. (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

Although none of the specimens exactly fits Reeve’s figure, they are regarded as possibly syntypes as they are originating from Dyson. See also Bulimus cacticolus Reeve, 1849.

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Bulimulus erectus (Reeve, 1849).

Figures

Figure 60. Bulimulus species. A-B Bulimulus fuscus (Guilding, 1828), lectotype of Bulimus barbadensis Pfeiffer, 1853 NHMUK 1974054 (H = 21.3) C-D Bulimulus (?) dukinfieldi Melvill, 1900 [nomen inquirendum], lectotype NHM 1900.9.27.2 (H = 28.1) E-F Bulimulus cacticolus (Reeve, 1849), syntype NHMUK 20100515 (H = 24.4) G-H Bulimulus erectus (Reeve, 1849), syntype NHMUK 20100516 (H = 22.0) I-J Bulimulus mollicellus (Reeve, 1849), lectotype NHMUK 1975185 (H = 17.2) K-L Bulimulus coriaceus (Pfeiffer, 1857), syntype NHMUK 1975409 (H = 17.1). All enlarged.

Figure L 20. Labels. i Bulimus effeminatus Reeve 1848 ii Bulimus electrum Reeve, 1848 iii Drymaeus elsteri da Costa, 1901 iv Bulimus emaciatus Morelet, 1863 v Bulimus erectus Reeve, 1849 vi Bulimus erosus Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832.