Bulimus rhodocheilus Reeve, 1848

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Ablett, Jonathan D., 2011, Annotated type catalogue of the Amphibulimidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 138, pp. 1-52 : 19-20

Bulimus rhodocheilus Reeve, 1848 Figs 21E-H, 21ii

Bulimus rhodocheilus Reeve 1848 [1848-1850]: pl. 28 fig. 173.

Plekocheilus (Aeropictus) rhodocheilus (Reeve); Breure 1978: 21, pl. 9 fig. 15 (lectotype designation); Breure 1979: 32.

Dryptus rhodocheilus (Reeve); Simone 2006: 147, fig. 493.

Type locality.

“Brazil”.

Label.

“Brazil”. M.C. label type IV.

Dimensions.

Not given. Lectotype H 55.0, D 28.5, W 4.1.

Type material.

NHM 1975129, lectotype (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

The material is accompanied by several later labels with the indication “type” or “holotype”. The specimen is damaged at the peristome. The shell is sculptured with spiral series of granules, a characteristic which accords better with Plekocheilus (Eurytus) . Close examination of the yellowish colour marks reveal that these are unlike the 'air pockets' commonly found in Plekocheilus (Aeropictus) .

Current systematic position.

Amphibulimidae , Plekocheilus (Eurytus) rhodocheilus (Reeve, 1848) (comb. n.).

Figures

Figure 21. Plekocheilus (Eurytus) species. A-D, i Plekocheilus (Eurytus) plectostylus (Pfeiffer, 1848), lectotype NHM 1975287 (H = 36.0); D sculpture of dorsal side of last whorl E-H, ii Plekocheilus (Eurytus) rhodocheilus (Reeve, 1848), lectotype NHM 1975129 (H = 55.0); E sculpture of dorsal side of last whorl.