Bulimus aurifluus Pfeiffer, 1857

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 : 20-21

Bulimus aurifluus Pfeiffer, 1857 Figs 25A , L6vii

Bulimus aurifluus Pfeiffer 1857b: 319, pl. 35 fig. 10; Pfeiffer 1859b: 400.

Type locality.

[Mexico] ”Cordova”.

Label.

"Cordova (Mexico)"; taxon name in Pfeiffer’s handwriting. M.C. label style I.

Dimensions.

"Long. 22, diam. 10 mill."; figured specimen herein H 21.8, D 11.1, W 5.1.

Type material.

NHMUK 1975502, lectotype; 1975502/2, one paralectotype (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

One of the two specimens found corresponds to the figure of Pfeiffer and is here selected as the lectotype (design. n.). The current systematic position follows Thompson (2011: 112).

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) aurifluus (Pfeiffer, 1857).

Figures

Figure 25. Drymaeus species. A Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) aurifluus (Pfeiffer, 1857), lectotype NHMUK 1975502 (H = 21.8) B Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) bugabensis (Martens, 1893), lectotype NHMUK 1901.6.22.958 (H = 26.3) C Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) dubius (Pfeiffer, 1853), lectotype NHMUK 1975519 (H = 27.1) D Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) (?) rufescens (J. E. Gray, 1825), lectotype of Bulimus erusbescens Pfeiffer, 1847 NHMUK 1975562 (H = 24.2) E Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) conicus da Costa, 1907, lectotype NHMUK 1907.11.21.32 (H = 17.5) F Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) granadensis (Pfeiffer, 1848), lectotype of Bulimus demotus Reeve, 1850 NHMUK 1975504 (H = 31.8) G Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) vexillum (Wood, 1828), lectotype of Bulimus keppelli Pfeiffer, 1853 NHMUK 1975538 (H = 33.2) H Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) attenuatus varicosus (Pfeiffer, 1853), lectotype NHMUK 1975466 (H = 35.5) I-K Drymaeus (Drymaeus) signifer (Pfeiffer, 1855), lectotype NHMUK 1975216 (H = 32.9). All enlarged.

Figure L 6. Labels. i Bulimus aquilus Reeve, 1848 ii Bulimus atacamensis Pfeiffer, 1856 iii Bulimus arcuatostriatus Pfeiffer, 1855 iv-v Bulimulus atahualpa Dohrn, 1863 vi Bulimus attenuatus Pfeiffer, 1853 vii Bulimus aurifluus Pfeiffer 1857.