Bulimus sulcosus Pfeiffer, 1841

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 : 157

Bulimus sulcosus Pfeiffer, 1841 Figs 23O , L58i

Bulimus sulcosus Pfeiffer 1841: 43; Pfeiffer 1843 in Philippi 1842-1845: 56, pl. 1 fig. 9; Pfeiffer 1848b: 196.

Type locality.

[Mexico] "prope Tacubaya Mexicanorum".

Label.

”Mexico”, taxon label in Pfeiffer’s handwriting. M.C. label style I.

Dimensions.

"Long. 15 1/2, diam. 7 lin. [H 31, D 13.5 mm]"; figured specimen herein H 37.0, D 16.5, W 6.5.

Type material.

NHMUK 20110084, two possible syntypes (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

Pfeiffer probably described this taxon from a specimen in his own collection, which is likely to be lost; Pfeiffer (1843 in Philippi 1842-1845: 56) stated the specimen(s) to have been collected by Hegewisch. The specimens from Cuming’s collection also bear Pfeiffer’s handwriting and are probably the only extant ones that confirms his identification; they are considered as probable syntypes. The current systematic position follows Thompson (2011: 112).

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) sulcosus (Pfeiffer, 1841).

Figures

Figure 23. Drymaeus species. A Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) andicola (Pfeiffer, 1847), lectotype NHMUK 1975315 (H = 24.1) B Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) elongatus (Roeding, 1789), holotype of Bulimus apiculata J. E. Gray, 1834 NHMUK 1982297 (H = 20.2) C Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) ziegleri (Pfeiffer, 1847), syntype of Bulimus californicus Reeve, 1848 NHMUK 1975136 (H = 25.9) D Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) discrepans (Sowerby I, 1833), syntype NHMUK 1975181 (H = 20.7) E Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) emeus (Say, 1830), paralectotype of Otostomus emeus hypozonus Martens, 1893 NHMUK 1901.6.22.794 (H = 19.3) F Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) monilifer (Reeve, 1848), lectotype NHMUK 1975403 (H = 26.3) G-H Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) fidustus (Reeve, 1849), lectotype NHMUK 1975517 (H = 22.5) I Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) binominis (E. A. Smith, 1895), lectotype of Bulimulus (Drymaeus) binominis lascellianus E. A. Smith, 1895 NHMUK 1895.9.10.1 (H = 22.1) J-K Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) apicepunctata (Preston, 1914), holotype NHMUK 1915.1.6.23 (H = 17.5) L Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) moussoni (Pfeiffer, 1853), lectotype NHMUK 1975211 (H = 26.0) M Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) cactivorus (Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832), possible syntype of Bulinus nitidus Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832 NHMUK 1975551 (H = 28.8) N Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) sp., possible syntype of Bulimus sowerbyi Pfeiffer, 1847 [nomen inquirendum] NHMUK 20100566 (H = 21.7) O Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) sulcosus (Pfeiffer, 1841), possible syntype NHMUK 20110084 (H = 37.0). All enlarged.

Figure L 58. Labels. i Bulimus sulcosus Pfeiffer, 1841 ii Bulimus sugillatus Pfeiffer, 1857 iii Drymaeus sykesi da Costa, 1906 iv Bulimus sulphureus Pfeiffer, 1857.