Bulimus rhodostomus J.E. Gray, 1834

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Ablett, Jonathan D., 2012, Annotated type catalogue of the Bothriembryontidae and Odontostomidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 182, pp. 1-70 : 21

Bulimus rhodostomus J.E. Gray, 1834 Figs 3F-G, 3iv

Bulimus rhodostomus J.E. Gray 1834: 65; B.J. Smith 1992: 106.

Bothriembryon (Bothriembryon) rhodostomus (J.E. Gray); Breure 1978: 207 (lectotype designation); Breure 1979: 95.

Type locality.

[Australia] “Novâ Hollandiâ?”; see Remarks.

Label.

“Australia”, probably written by a later hand.

Dimensions.

"Axis 1 1/4, diam. 3/4 unc. [H 31.75, D 19.05 mm]"; lectotype H 31.1, D 18.0, W 5.4.

Type material.

NHMUK 1874.10.28.1, lectotype; 1975222, one paralectotype (ex Gray).

Remarks.

Iredale (1939: 19) has restricted the type locality to Western Australia, Goose Island.

Current systematic position.

Bothriembryontidae, Bothriembryon rhodostomus (J.E. Gray, 1834).

Figures

Figure 3. Bothriembryon species. A-B, i Bothriembryon dux (Pfeiffer, 1861), lectotype NHM 1975598 (H = 48.5) C-E, ii Bothriembryon leeuwinensis (E. A. Smith, 1894), lectotype NHM 1881.11.21.128 (H = 27.0); E detail of sculpture (x 6) F-G, iv Bothriembryon rhodostomus (J. E. Gray, 1834), lectotype NHM 1874.10.28.1 (H = 31.1) H-I, iii Bothriembryon tasmanicus (Pfeiffer, 1853), syntype NHM 1981204 (H = 30.1).