Bulimus aequatorius Pfeiffer, 1853

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 : 10

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.392.6328

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scientific name

Bulimus aequatorius Pfeiffer, 1853
status

 

Bulimus aequatorius Pfeiffer, 1853 Figs 69A-B View Figure 69 , L2v-vi View Figure L2

Bulimus aequatorius Pfeiffer 1853d: 420; Pfeiffer 1854 in Küster and Pfeiffer 1840-1865: 101, pl. 13 figs 1-4; Pfeiffer 1854c: 155; Breure 1979: 85 (lectotype designation).

Bulimulus aequatorius ; Pilsbry 1897 [1897-1898]: 30, pl. 7 figs 1-5.

Scutalus (Vermiculatus) aequatorius ; Breure and Borrero 2008: 18.

Type locality.

"in republica Aequatorius, in monte Schinchulagua Equador".

Label.

"Woods on the / mountain / Schinchulaqua / Equador", taxon label in Pfeiffer’s handwriting. M.C. label style IV.

Dimensions.

"Long. 34, diam. 17 mill.". Figured specimen H 37.8, D 18.2, W 6.5.

Type material.

NHMUK 1975377, lectotype; 1975378, two paralectotypes (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

Pfeiffer did no indicate on how many specimens his description was based. He described two varieties from "Chimborazo (Bourcier)". The second label in the lot indicates ”var.” and "Chimborazo, Equador / Mons. Bourcier / Consul General". The systematic position at the species level follows Richardson (1995: 345).

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Kuschelenia (Vermiculatus) aequatorius (Pfeiffer, 1853) (comb. n.).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Stylommatophora

Family

Bulimulidae

Genus

Bulimus

Loc

Bulimus aequatorius Pfeiffer, 1853

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Ablett, Jonathan D. 2014
2014
Loc

Bulimus aequatorius

Pfeiffer 1853
1853