Bulimus auris Pfeiffer, 1866

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 : 21

Bulimus auris Pfeiffer, 1866 Figs 37A-C , L7ii

Bulimus auris Pfeiffer 1866: 831; Pfeiffer 1868: 36; Breure 1979: 106 (lectotype designation).

Drymaeus (Drymaeus) auris ; Breure and Eskens 1981: 8.

Type locality.

”Venezuela”.

Label.

”Venezuela”; taxon name in Pfeiffer’s handwriting. M.C. label style I.

Dimensions.

"Long. 39, diam. 14 1/2 mill."; figured specimen herein H 38.8, D 20.1, W 6+.

Type material.

NHMUK 1975499, lectotype (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

Pfeiffer did not state on how many specimens his description was based. Only one specimen was found, which corresponds to Pfeiffer’s original measurements; the top is damaged.

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Drymaeus (Drymaeus) auris (Pfeiffer, 1866).

Figures

Figure 37. Drymaeus species. A-C Drymaeus (Drymaeus) auris (Pfeiffer, 1866), lectotype NHMUK 1975499 (H = 38.8) D-E Drymaeus (Drymaeus) mexicanus (Lamarck, 1822), lectotype of Bulimus humboldtii Reeve, 1849 NHMUK 1975528 (H = 27.6) F-H Drymaeus (Drymaeus) coarctatus (Pfeiffer, 1845), lectotype 1975560 (H = 34.6) I-K Drymaeus (Drymaeus) dombeyanus (Pfeiffer, 1846), syntype NHMUK 1844.10.2.32 (H = 56.8) L-N rymaeus (Drymaeus) angustus da Costa, 1906, holotype NHMUK 1907.11.21.14 (H = 31.5). All enlarged.

Figure L 7. Labels. i Bulimus aureolus Guppy, 1866 ii Bulimus auris Pfeiffer, 1866 iii Bulinus badius Sowerby I, 1835 iv Bulimus balsanus Morelet, 1863 v Bulimus baranguillanus Pfeiffer 1853.