Bulinus albus Sowerby I, 1833

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 : 14-15

Bulinus albus Sowerby I, 1833 Figs 7J , L3ix-x

Bulinus albus Broderip [sic]; Sowerby I 1833 [ Sowerby I and II 1832-1841]: fig. 51 [19 July]; Sowerby I 1833b: 73 [20 Sept.] (see remarks).

Type locality.

[Chile] ”Copiapo”.

Label.

”Chili”. M.C. label style I.

Dimensions.

"long. 0.8, lat. 0.5 poll. [H 20.3, D 12.7 mm]"; figured specimen herein H 15.0, D 10.7, W 4.7.

Type material.

NHMUK 1842.5.10.149-151, three possible syntypes (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

The name was introduced in Sowerby I 1833 [ Sowerby I and II 1832-1841] as " B. albus Brod.". However, as can be seen in Sowerby I (1833 in Sowerby I and II 1832-1841: 73), the authorship should be credited to G.B. Sowerby I ( ”G.B.S.”). It is not known if this species was described from the Cuming collection, but this cannot be excluded a priori (see also Breure and Ablett 2011: 3). One specimen is closely resembling Sowerby’s figure. The material is herein considered as possible syntypes. The registration numbers suggest that six specimens were originally present; only three of these could be found.

As mentioned before, the publication dates of Sowerby’s publications are according to Coan et al. (2013a) and Duncan (1937). Interestingly, d’Orbigny 1838 [1834-1847]: 280 mentioned this taxon as " Bulimus albus Broderip", with reference to Sowerby I (1833 in Sowerby I and II 1832-1841), and said it had publication date 11 June 1833 [contra Duncan 1937: 78, who reports 20 September 1833]. At the same time he noticed that Duclos had published Bulimus olorinus on 15 June 1833 ( Duclos 1833: pl. 24). The text pertaining to this plate describes this taxon from ”Chili”, based on a specimen from Duclos’ collection and collected by Gay. He signed the text with "15 juin 1833"; however, it seems likely from the context that this was the date Duclos finished his description and not the date the text appeared in print. Without additional bibliographical research it seems premature to give priority to Duclos’ taxon. The current systematic position follows Richardson (1995: 15).

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Bostryx albus (Sowerby I, 1833).

Figures

Figure 7. Bostryx species. A Bostryx erosus (Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832), syntype NHMUK 20100612 (H = 22.9) B Bostryx scalariformis (Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832), probable syntype NHMUK 20100635 (H = 11.6) C Bostryx vilchezi Weyrauch, 1960, paratype NHMUK 1975468 (H = 8.2) D Bostryx rusticellus (Morelet, 1860), lectotype NHMUK 1893.2.4.201 (H = 19.9) E Bostryx guttatus (Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832), possible syntype NHMUK 20110175 (H = 22.0) F Bostryx pruinosus (Sowerby I, 1833), syntype NHMUK 1975544 (H = 13.48) G Bostryx reentsi (Philippi, 1851), syntype of Bulimus denickei J. E. Gray, 1852, NHMUK 1851.5.15.1 (H = 26.4) H Bostryx compactus (Fulton, 1902), syntype NHMUK 1902.5.28.1 (H = 15.8) I Bostryx albicans (Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832), possible syntype NHMUK 20100611 (H = 22.1) J Bostryx albus (Sowerby I, 1833), possible syntype NHMUK 1842.5.10.149 (H = 15.0). All enlarged.

Figure L 3. Labels. i-ii Bulinus affinis Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832 iii Drymaeus alabastrinus da Costa, 1906 iv Bulimulus (Naesiotus) albemarlensis Dall, 1917 v-vi Bulinus albicans Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832 vii Bulimus albicolor Morelet, 1863 viii Bulimus (Drymaeus) albolabiatus E. A. Smith, 1877 ix-x Bulinus albus Sowerby I, 1833.