Bulimus paposensis Pfeiffer, 1856

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 : 117

Bulimus paposensis Pfeiffer, 1856 Figs 9F-H , L44iii

Bulimus paposensis Pfeiffer 1856c: 207; Breure 1979: 56.

Bostryx paposensis ; Köhler 2007: 133, fig. 29 (lectotype designation).

Type locality.

[Chili] "Paposo in deserto Atacamensi reipublicae Chilensis".

Label.

”Atacama”, taxon label in Pfeiffer’s handwriting. M.C. label style IV.

Dimensions.

"Long. 18, diam. 9 1/2 mill."; figured specimen herein H 21.2, D 10.3, W 6.4.

Type material.

NHMUK 1975311, four paralectotypes (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

Pfeiffer described his taxon on the basis of specimens collected by R.A. Philippi. Part of this material reached the ZMB via Albers ( Köhler 2007), but apparently part of the material ended up in the Cuming collection. The current systematic position follows Köhler (2007).

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Bostryx paposensis (Pfeiffer, 1856).

Figures

Figure 9. Bostryx species. A-B Bostryx apodemetus (d'Orbigny, 1835), syntype NHMUK 1854.12.4.182 (H = 23.0) C Bostryx delumbis (Reeve, 1849), lectotype NHMUK 1975124 (H = 21.2) D Bostryx ferrugineus (Reeve, 1849), lectotype NHMUK 1975380 (H = 19.0) E Bostryx luridus (Pfeiffer, 1863), lectotype NHMUK 19991535 (H = 21.7) F-H Bostryx paposensis (Pfeiffer, 1856), paralectotype NHMUK 1975311 (H = 21.2) H sculpture on dorsal side of last whorl I-K Bostryx pustulosus (Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832), probable syntype NHMUK 1975589 (H = 16.4) K sculpture on dorsal side of penultimate whorl. All enlarged.

Figure L 44. Labels. i Bulinus panamensis Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832 ii Bulimus papillatus Morelet, 1860 iii Bulimus paposensis Pfeiffer, 1856 iv Bulimus patasensis Pfeiffer, 1858 v Bulimus patricius Reeve, 1849.