Drymaeus chiriquensis da Costa, 1901

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 : 36

Drymaeus chiriquensis da Costa, 1901 Figs 42J-L , L12vi

Drymaeus chiriquiensis da Costa 1901: 238, pl. 24 fig. 1; Pilsbry 1901 [1901-1902]: 162, pl. 48 fig. 47.

Drymaeus (Drymaeus) chiriquiensis ; Breure 1979: 107.

Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) chiriquiensis Thompson 2011: 114.

Type locality.

"Boqueti, Chiriquí, Panama".

Label.

"Boqueti / Chiriqui / Panama", in da Costa’s handwriting.

Dimensions.

"Long. 29, diam. 14 mm."; figured specimen herein H 29.1, D 13.6, W 5.5.

Type material.

NHMUK 1907.11.21.119, holotype (da Costa coll.).

Remarks.

As da Costa (1901) writes "A single specimen has been received of this pretty shell", it is clear that the specimen has to be regarded as the holotype. The current systematic position follows Thompson (2011).

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) chiriquensis da Costa, 1901.

Figures

Figure 42. Drymaeus species. A-C Drymaeus (Drymaeus) bogotensis (Pfeiffer, 1855), lectotype NHMUK 1975191 (H = 37.4) D-F Drymaeus (Drymaeus) bolivianus (Pfeiffer, 1846), lectotype NHMUK 1975444 (H = 33.0) G-I Drymaeus (Drymaeus) cuticula (Pfeiffer, 1855), lectotype NHMUK 1975451 (H = 27.5) J-L Drymaeus (Drymaeus) chiriquensis da Costa, 1901 (H = 29.1). All enlarged.

Figure L 12. Labels. i Bulimus cercicola Morelet, 1863 ii Bulimus chamaeleon Pfeiffer, 1855 iii Otostomus championi Martens, 1893 iv Bulimus chemnitzioides Forbes, 1850 v Bulimus chimborasensis Reeve, 1848 vi Drymaeus chiriquiensis da Costa, 1901 vii Bulimus cinereus Reeve, 1849.