Bulimus meridanus Pfeiffer, 1846

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 : 97

Bulimus meridanus Pfeiffer, 1846 Figs 22J , L37iv

Bulimus meridanus Pfeiffer 1846a: 33; Reeve 1848 [1848-1850]: pl. 57 fig. 386; Breure 1979: 121.

Type locality.

[Venezuela] "Merida, Andes of Bolivia [sic]".

Label.

"New Granada". taxon label in Pfeiffer’s handwriting. M.C. label style III, V.

Dimensions.

"Long. 29, diam. 11 mill."; figured specimen herein H 35.9, D 14.0, W 7.3.

Type material.

NHMUK 1975523, two syntypes (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

Pfeiffer did not state on how many specimens his description was based. The material has a taxon label in Pfeiffer’s handwriting and is considered as syntypes. One of the specimens corresponds to Reeve’s figure.

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) meridanus (Pfeiffer, 1846).

Figures

Figure 22. Drymaeus species. A Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) granadensis (Pfeiffer, 1848), lectotype of Bulimus incarnatus Pfeiffer, 1855 NHMUK 1975566 (H = 30.7) B Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) pertristis Pilsbry, 1898, syntype of Bulimus tristis Pfeiffer, 1855 NHMUK 1975299 (H = 29.3) C Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) depictus (Reeve, 1849), lectotype NHMUK 1975529 (H = 27.9) D Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) trimarianus (Martens, 1893), lectotype NHMUK 1901.6.22.950 (H = 31.5) E Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) electrum (Reeve, 1848), lectotype NHMUK 1975510 (H = 29.6) F Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) serperastrus (Say, 1830), lectotype of Bulimus nitelinus Reeve, 1849 NHMUK 20100570 (H = 29.4) G Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) dutaillyi (Pfeiffer, 1857), lectotype NHMUK 1975516 (H = 30.8) H Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) moricandi (Pfeiffer, 1847), lectotype NHMUK 1975212 (H = 23.6) I Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) loxensis (Pfeiffer, 1846), lectotype NHMUK 1975553 (H = 34.7) J Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) meridanus (Pfeiffer, 1846), syntype NHMUK 1975523 (H = 35.9). All enlarged.

Figure L 37. Labels. i Bulimus martinicensis Pfeiffer, 1846 ii Bulimus meleagris Pfeiffer, 1853 iii Bulimus mejillonensis Pfeiffer in Pfeiffer and Dunker, 1857 iv Bulimus meridanus Pfeiffer, 1846 v Bostryx metagyra Pilsbry & Olsson, 1949 vi Bulimus mollicellus Reeve, 1849 vii Bulimus monachus Pfeiffer, 1857 viii Bulimulus (Bostryx) moniezi Dautzenberg, 1896 ix Bulimus montagnei d'Orbigny, 1837.