Bulimus monachus 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 : 98

Bulimus monachus Pfeiffer, 1857 Figs 63A-B , L37vii

Bulimus monachus Pfeiffer 1857c: 333.

Type locality.

"Meobamba, Peru".

Label.

"Meobamba M. Gueinzius", taxon label in Pfeiffer’s handwriting. M.C. label style I.

Dimensions.

"Long. 31, diam. 11 1/2 mill."; figured specimen herein H 31.2, D 12.6, W 8.3.

Type material.

NHMUK 20100584, lectotype and two paralectotypes, Gueinzius leg. (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

The specimen which is nearest to the original shell height is herein selected lectotype (design. n.) to define this taxon.

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Bulimulus monachus (Pfeiffer, 1857).

Figures

Figure 63. Bulimulus species. A-B Bulimulus monachus (Pfeiffer, 1857), lectotype NHMUK 20100584 (H = 31.2) C-D Bulimulus guadalupensis (Bruguiere, 1789), lectotype of Bulimus rubrifasciatus Reeve, 1848 NHM 1975393 (H = 22.9) E-F Bulimulus corneous (Sowerby I, 1833), lectotype of Bulimus nubeculatus Pfeiffer, 1853 NHMUK 1975407 (H = 16.0) G-H Bulimulus transparens (Reeve, 1849), lectotype NHMUK 1975397 (H = 18.4) I-J Bulimulus marcidus (Pfeiffer, 1853), possible syntype NHMUK 20100649 (H = 18.0) K-L Bulimulus turritellatus (Beck, 1838), paralectotype of Helix turritella d'Orbigny 1835 NHMUK 1854.12.4.166 (H = 19.3) M-P Bulimulus unicolor (Sowerby I, 1833) M-N lectotype of Bulimus petenensis Morelet, 1851 NHMUK 1893.2.4.1176 (H = 18.7) O-P Possible syntype of Bulimulus istapensis Crosse and Fischer, 1873 NHMUK 1893.2.4.1185 (H = 11.2). 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.