Bulimus signifer Pfeiffer, 1855

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 : 149

Bulimus signifer Pfeiffer, 1855 Figs 25I-K , L55i

Bulimus signifer Pfeiffer 1855c: 8; Breure 1979: 123 (lectotype designation).

Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) signifer ; Breure and Eskens 1981: 88.

Type locality.

”Venezuela?”.

Label.

”Venezuela?”, taxon label in Pfeiffer’s handwriting. M.C. label style III.

Dimensions.

"Long. 33, diam. 13 1/1 mill."; figured specimen herein H 32.9, D 15.1, W 6.3.

Type material.

NHMUK 1975216, lectotype (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

The current systematic position is in agreement with Richardson (1995: 178).

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) signifer (Pfeiffer, 1855).

Figures

Figure 25. Drymaeus species. A Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) aurifluus (Pfeiffer, 1857), lectotype NHMUK 1975502 (H = 21.8) B Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) bugabensis (Martens, 1893), lectotype NHMUK 1901.6.22.958 (H = 26.3) C Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) dubius (Pfeiffer, 1853), lectotype NHMUK 1975519 (H = 27.1) D Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) (?) rufescens (J. E. Gray, 1825), lectotype of Bulimus erusbescens Pfeiffer, 1847 NHMUK 1975562 (H = 24.2) E Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) conicus da Costa, 1907, lectotype NHMUK 1907.11.21.32 (H = 17.5) F Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) granadensis (Pfeiffer, 1848), lectotype of Bulimus demotus Reeve, 1850 NHMUK 1975504 (H = 31.8) G Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) vexillum (Wood, 1828), lectotype of Bulimus keppelli Pfeiffer, 1853 NHMUK 1975538 (H = 33.2) H Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) attenuatus varicosus (Pfeiffer, 1853), lectotype NHMUK 1975466 (H = 35.5) I-K Drymaeus (Drymaeus) signifer (Pfeiffer, 1855), lectotype NHMUK 1975216 (H = 32.9). All enlarged.

Figure L 55. Labels. i Bulimus signifer Pfeiffer, 1855 ii Bulimus simpliculus Pfeiffer, 1855 iii Bulimus sisalensis Morelet, 1849 iv Bulimulus (Drymaeus) smithii da Costa, 1898 v Bulimulus (Drymaeus) solidus Preston, 1907 vi Bulimus sowerbyi Pfeiffer, 1847.