Helix nivalis d'Orbigny , 1835

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 : 109

Helix nivalis d'Orbigny, 1835 Fig. L41iv

Helix nivalis d’Orbigny 1835: 12.

Bulimus nivalis ; d’Orbigny 1837 [1834-1847]: 287, pl. 32 figs 8-9 [3 April 1837; text 6 May 1838]; Gray 1854: 18.

Scutalus nivalis ; Breure 1975b: 1143 (lectotype designation).

Type locality.

Not given; "Potosi (Bolivia)", in d’Orbigny 1838 [1834-1847]: 288.

Label.

"Potosi, Bolivia", in d’Orbigny’s handwriting.

Dimensions.

Not given; see remarks.

Type material.

NHMUK 1854.12.4.144, one paralectotype ( d’Orbigny coll.).

Remarks.

The type locality was mentioned for the first time by d’Orbigny 1838 [1834-1847]; he also specified the measurements: "Long. 14 millim.; lat. 9 millim.". The single specimen is badly damaged and therefore is not figured here. This taxon is probably a juvenile Kuschelenia species.

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Kuschelenia . Nomen inquirendum.

Figures

Figure L 41. Labels. i Bulimus nigropileatus Reeve, 1849 ii Bulimus nitelinus Reeve, 1849 iii Bulinus nitidus Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832 iv Helix nivalis d'Orbigny, 1835 v Drymaeus notabilis da Costa, 1906 vi Drymaeus notatus da Costa, 1906 vii Bulimus nubeculatus Pfeiffer, 1853.