Bulimus sulphureus Pfeiffer, 1857

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 : 157

Bulimus sulphureus Pfeiffer, 1857 Figs 20D , L58iv

Bulimus sulphureus Pfeiffer 1857b: 318, pl. 35 fig. 11.

Type locality.

[Mexico, Edo. Veracruz] ”Cordova”.

Label.

"Cordova (Mexico)", taxon label in Pfeiffer’s handwriting. M.C. label style I.

Dimensions.

"Long. 29, diam. 12 mill."; figured specimen herein H 28.7, D 13.6, W 6.5.

Type material.

NHMUK 20100585, lectotype and two paralectotypes (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

Pfeiffer described this taxon on the basis of specimens collected by Sallé and kept in the Cuming collection; Pfeiffer did not state on how many specimens his description was based. One of the specimens found corresponds to the figure and original shell height mentioned by Pfeiffer, and is here designated lectotype to define the taxon (design. n.). The current systematic position follows Thompson (2011: 119).

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) sulphureus (Pfeiffer, 1857).

Figures

Figure 20. Drymaeus species. A Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) lirinus (Morelet, 1851), holotype NHMUK 1893.2.4.1954 (H = 30.2) B Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) stramineus (Guilding, 1828), syntype of Bulimus lucidus Reeve, 1848 NHMUK 1975524 (H = 28.9) C Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) rawsoni (Guppy, 1871), lectotype of Bulimulus (Drymaeus) rawsonis H. Adams, 1873 NHMUK 1878.1.28.209 (H = 23.7) D-E Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) sulphureus (Pfeiffer, 1857) D lectotype NHMUK 20100585 (H = 28.7) E lectotype of Bulimus citronellus Angas, 1879 NHMUK 1879.7.22.19 (H = 25.0) F-G Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) inusitatus (Fulton, 1900), lectotype NHMUK 1901.4.25.28 (H = 28.3) H Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) puellaris (Reeve, 1850), lectotype NHMUK 1975400 (H = 22.4) I Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) broadwayi (E. A. Smith, 1896), holotype NHMUK 1895.11.28.10 (H = 11.9) J Drymaeus sp., syntype of Bulimus pallens Reeve, 1849 [nomen inquirendum] NHMUK 20120056 (H = 17.9). All enlarged.

Figure L 58. Labels. i Bulimus sulcosus Pfeiffer, 1841 ii Bulimus sugillatus Pfeiffer, 1857 iii Drymaeus sykesi da Costa, 1906 iv Bulimus sulphureus Pfeiffer, 1857.