Bulinus piperitus Sowerby I, 1837

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Ablett, Jonathan D., 2011, Annotated type catalogue of the Amphibulimidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 138, pp. 1-52 : 18

Bulinus piperitus Sowerby I, 1837 Figs 20A-C, 20i

Bulinus piperitus Sowerby I 1837 [1833-1838]: 8, fig. 93; Reeve 1848 [1848-1850]: pl. 16 fig. 96.

Plekocheilus (Eurytus) piperitus (Sowerby); Borrero and Breure 2011: 48, figs 17G-J.

Type locality.

[Peru] “Huallaga”.

Label.

"Hualuago [sic] / Peru". M.C. label type IV.

Dimensions.

Not given. Figured specimen H 55.8, D 31.3, W 5.3.

Type material.

NHM 1975329, two syntypes (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

The material is accompanied by a taxon label in Pfeiffer's handwriting. A second label indicates that this specimen has probably been figured by Reeve 1848 [1848-1850].

Current systematic position.

Amphibulimidae , Plekocheilus (Eurytus) piperitus (Sowerby I, 1837).

Figures

Figure 20. Plekocheilus (Eurytus) species. A-C, i Plekocheilus (Eurytus) piperitus (Sowerby I, 1837), syntype NHM 1975329 (H = 55.8) D-F, ii Plekocheilus (Eurytus) eros (Angas, 1878), lectotype NHM 1879.1.21.2 (H = 35.5).