Bulimulus (Drymaeus) interruptus Preston, 1909

Breure, Abraham S. H., 2011, Annotated type catalogue of the Orthalicoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Royal Belgian Institute of Sciences, Brussels, with descriptions of two new species, ZooKeys 101, pp. 1-50 : 17-18

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.101.1133

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/60AE2DC9-D779-0C9C-4DCA-E8F93FCE8D0D

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scientific name

Bulimulus (Drymaeus) interruptus Preston, 1909
status

 

Bulimulus (Drymaeus) interruptus Preston, 1909 View in CoL Figs 12E, 12v

Bulimulus (Drymaeus) interruptus Preston 1909: 511, pl. 10 fig. 1.

Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) interruptus (Preston); Breure 1979: 120; Köhler 2007: 151, fig. 119.

Type locality.

"Merida, Venezuela".

Label.

"Merida Venezuela"; see remarks.

Dimensions.

"Alt. 25, diam. maj. 10.5 mm"; figured specimen H 23.6, D 10.6, W 6.1

Type material.

RBINS/MT2257, one syntype, ex Preston (Dautzenberg coll.).

Remarks.

The specimen is not accompanied by the original Preston label, but Dautzenberg documented that the shell was acquired on 19.xii.1907 from Preston as a “co-type”. It is therefore considered a syntype. See also pallidus Preston, 1909.

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) granadensis (Pfeiffer, 1848).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Stylommatophora

SuperFamily

Orthalicoidea

Family

Bulimulidae

Genus

Bulimulus