Bulimus cacticolus 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 : 31

Bulimus cacticolus Reeve, 1849 Figs 60E-F , L10iii

Bulimus cacticolus Reeve 1849 [1848-1850]: pl. 58 fig. 393.

Type locality.

"Curiana, Venezuela. (Mus. Dyson)".

Label.

"Curiana, Venezuela", in a later handwriting on board. M.C. label style I.

Dimensions.

Not given; figured specimen herein H 24.4, D 13.7, W 6.2.

Type material.

NHMUK 20100515, one syntype (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

The specimen corresponds to Reeve’s figure, except that the spire is less pointed; therefore, considered a possible syntype. No other material is present in the collection that can be matched to Reeve’s figure or can be attributed to Dyson.

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Bulimulus cacticolus (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 10. Labels. i Bulimulus (Drymaeus) buckleyi Sowerby III, 1895 ii Otostomus bugabensis Martens, 1893 iii Bulimus cacticolus Reeve, 1849 iv Helix cactorum d'Orbigny, 1835 v Bulimus californicus Reeve, 1848 vi Bulimus caliginosus Reeve, 1849.