Bulimus adoptus Reeve, 1849

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Ablett, Jonathan D., 2011, Annotated type catalogue of the Amphibulimidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 138, pp. 1-52 : 13

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.138.1847

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4A274FF1-8C7B-CA1E-217C-CA02845ACD0B

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scientific name

Bulimus adoptus Reeve, 1849
status

 

Bulimus adoptus Reeve, 1849 Figs 7A-B, 7i View Figure 7

Bulimus adoptus Reeve 1849 [1848-1850]: pl. 82 fig. 608.

Type locality.

"Banks of the Orinoco".

Label.

“Venezuela”. M.C. label type V.

Dimensions.

Not given; lectotype H 83.3, D 42.8, W 5.6.

Type material.

NHM 20100517.1-3, lectotype and two paralectotypes (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

The specimen figured by Reeve has been traced in the collection and is here designated lectotype (design. n.). The specimen has been damaged several times during life-time and the shell is slightly deformed. The synonymisation of this taxon with Dryptus funckii (Nyst, 1843) by Pilsbry (1895 [1895-1896]) is here tentatively retained.

Current systematic position.

Amphibulimidae , Dryptus funckii (Nyst, 1843).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Stylommatophora

Family

Bulimulidae

Genus

Bulimus

Loc

Bulimus adoptus Reeve, 1849

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Ablett, Jonathan D. 2011
2011
Loc

Bulimus adoptus

Reeve 1849
1849