Bulimus (Charis) kreftii Cox, 1872

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Ablett, Jonathan D., 2012, Annotated type catalogue of the Bothriembryontidae and Odontostomidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 182, pp. 1-70 : 15-16

Bulimus (Charis) kreftii Cox, 1872 Figs 14A, 14i-ii

Bulimus (Charis) kreftii Cox 1872b: 19, pl. 4 fig. 4.

Placocharis kreftii (Cox); Delsaerdt 2010: 67, pl. 11 figs 14-17 (lectotype designation).

Type locality.

"Solomon Islands", restricted to Florida Islands by Delsaerdt (2010).

Label.

"Solomon Isles", in Cox’ handwriting (see remarks).

Dimensions.

"Length 2.10, breadth 0.92 of an inch [H 53.3, D 23.3]"; specimen figured herein H 54.9, D 24.3, W 5.2.

Type material.

NHMUK 20070068, lectotype and three paralectotypes, ex Kennard ex Cox; 1880.12.11.46, paralectotype, ex Cox.

Remarks.

Both series are accompanied by a label in Cox’ handwriting. The specimen registered 1880.12.11.46 was presented by J.C. Cox, has a taxon label "Bulimus kreftii" and corresponds to pl.4 fig. 4 of Cox (1872). The other lot (ex A.S. Kennard collection) has a taxon label "Placostylus krefftii" [sic, misspelled] and is "(Ex Auct.)"; the locality on Kennard’s label "New Caledonia" is clearly in error. It is therefore more likely that the specimen presented by Cox was truly part of the type series; those from the Kennard collection may have been collected at a later stage, for which the genus name Placostylus on the taxon label written by Cox (Fig. 14ii) is an indication.

Current systematic position.

Bothriembryontidae, Placocharis kreftii (Cox, 1872).

Figures

Figure 14. Placocharis species. A, i-ii Placocharis kreftii (Cox, 1872), lectotype NHM 20070068 (H = 54.9) i Label of the specimen presented by J. C. Cox ii Labels of the specimens originating from the Kennard collection B, v Placocharis macgillivrayi (Pfeiffer, 1855), lectotype NHM 1975232 (H = 58.5) C, iii Placocharis guppyi (E. A. Smith, 1891), lectotype NHM 1891.11.6.110 (H = 80.1) D, iv Placocharis strangei (Pfeiffer, 1853), lectotype NHM 20100652 (H = 45.9).