Bulimus martinicensis 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 : 96-97

Bulimus martinicensis Pfeiffer, 1846 Figs 53B-C , L37i

Bulimus martinicensis Pfeiffer 1846b: 40; Reeve 1849 [1848-1850]: pl. 63 fig. 434.

Naesiotus martinicensis ; Breure 1975a: 85, pl. 8 figs 5-8, 10; Breure 1979: 70.

Type locality.

"island of Martinique".

Label.

”Martinique”, taxon label in Pfeiffer’s handwriting. M.C. label style IV, V.

Dimensions.

"Long. 20, diam. 8 mill."; figured specimen herein H 19.5, D 8.14, W 7.1.

Type material.

NHMUK 197451, lectotype; 197452, two paralectotypes (ex Petit, Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

Pfeiffer described this species on the basis of material from Petit. One of the labels is nearly illegible, but corresponds to the handwriting of Petit (cf. Breure 2013: figs 1B, 11ii, 12i). This taxon is transferred to the genus Protoglyptus Pilsbry, 1897 based on data presented by Breure and Romero (2012).

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Protoglyptus martinicensis (Pfeiffer, 1846) (comb. n.).

Figures

Figure 53. Drymaeus species. A-C Drymaeus (Drymaeus) lilacinus lilacinus (Reeve, 1849), probably syntype NHMUK 20100520 (H = 45.5) D-F Drymaeus (Drymaeus) lilacinus jansoni (Martens, 1893), lectotype NHMUK 1901.6.22.951 (H = 45.7) G-I Drymaeus (Drymaeus) malleatus (da Costa, 1898), holotype NHMUK 1907.11.21.130 (H = 34.5). 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.