Bulimulus dacostae Sowerby III, 1892

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 : 47

Bulimulus dacostae Sowerby III, 1892 Figs 33M-O , L16iv

Bulimulus dacostae Sowerby III 1892: 297, pl. 23 figs 15-16.

Drymaeus dacostae ; Pilsbry 1898 [1897-1898]: 214, pl. 43 figs 77-78; Linares and Vera 2012: 184.

Drymaeus (Drymaeus) dacostae ; Breure 1979: 108.

Type locality.

[Colombia] "Bogota (Mus. Da Costa)".

Label.

”Bogota”, in da Costa’s handwriting.

Dimensions.

"Long. 26, diam. maj. 11 millim."; figured specimen herein H 26.3, D 11.0, W 6.3.

Type material.

NHMUK 1907.11.21.51, holotype (da Costa coll.).

Remarks.

Sowerby writes "I have seen as yet only one specimen of this species". Therefore the specimen is considered as holotype.

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Drymaeus (Drymaeus) dacostae (Sowerby III, 1892).

Figures

Figure 33. Drymaeus species. A-C Drymaeus (Drymaeus) incognitus da Costa, 1907, holotype NHMUK 1907.11.21.24 (H = 29.8) D-F Drymaeus (Drymaeus) exoticus (da Costa, 1901), lectotype NHMUK 1907.11.21.38 (H = 24.8) G-I Drymaeus (Drymaeus) elsteri da Costa, 1901, lectotype NHMUK 1907.11.21.34 (H = 33.9) J-L Drymaeus (Drymaeus) subventricosus da Costa, 1901, lectotype NHMUK 1907.11.21.37 (H = 30.1) M-O Drymaeus (Drymaeus) dacostae (Sowerby III, 1892), holotype NHMUK 1907.11.21.51 (H = 26.3). All enlarged.

Figure L 16. Labels. i Bulimulus (Naesiotus) curtus Reibisch, 1892 ii Bulimus cuticula Pfeiffer, 1855 iii Bulimus cuzcoensis Reeve, 1849 iv Bulimulus dacostae Sowerby III, 1892 v Bulimus darwini Pfeiffer, 1846 vi Bulimus decussatus Reeve, 1849.