Bulimus anthisanensis Pfeiffer, 1853

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 : 16

Bulimus anthisanensis Pfeiffer, 1853 Figs 69E-F , 69I , L5i

Bulimus anthisanensis Pfeiffer 1853d: 406; Pfeiffer 1854 in Küster and Pfeiffer 1840-1865: 104, pl. 33 figs 20-21; Breure 1979: 85.

Bulimulus anthisanensis ; Pilsbry 1897 [1897-1898]: 32, pl. 4 figs 41-42.

Scutalus (Vermiculatus) anthisanensis ; Breure 1978: 170, pl. 8 fig. 8 (lectotype designation); Breure and Borrero 2008: 18.

Type locality.

[Ecuador, Prov. Napo] "monte Anthisana (44000' [sic]) reipublicae Aequatoris (Bourcier)".

Label.

"the Anthisana / 14000 feet high / Monsr Bourcier / Consul General"; taxon name in Pfeiffer’s handwriting. M.C. label style IV.

Dimensions.

"Long. 40, diam. 17 mill. (Mus. Cuming)"; figured specimen herein H 40.2, D 19.5, W 6.6.

Type material.

NHMUK 1975372, lectotype; 1975373, three paralectotypes (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

The published altitude at which the type material was collected is clearly in error, as evidenced by the label information.

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Kuschelenia (Vermiculatus) anthisanensis (Pfeiffer, 1853) (comb. n.).

Figures

Figure 69. Kuschelenia species. A-B Kuschelenia (Vermiculatus) aequatorius Pfeiffer, 1853, lectotype NHMUK 1975377 (H = 37.8) C-D, K Kuschelenia (Vermiculatus) caliginosus (Reeve, 1849), lectotype NHMUK 20100518.1 (H = 35.4) E-F, I Kuschelenia (Vermiculatus) anthisanensis (Pfeiffer, 1853), lectotype NHMUK 1975372 (H = 40.2) G-H, J Kuschelenia (Vermiculatus) cotopaxiensis (Pfeiffer, 1853), lectotype NHMUK 1975370 (H = 33.9). All enlarged.

Figure L 5. Labels. i Bulimus anthisanensis Pfeiffer, 1853 ii Bulimus antioquensis Pfeiffer, 1855 iii Bulimus apertus Pfeiffer in Dunker et al., 1855 iv Bulimulus apicepunctata Preston, 1914 v Bulimus apiculatus J. E. Gray, 1834 vi Helix apodemeta d'Orbigny, 1835.