Bulinus turritus Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832

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 : 167

Bulinus turritus Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832 Figs 10D , L62vi

Bulinus turritus Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832b: 106; Sowerby I 1833 [ Sowerby I and II 1832-1841]: fig. 31.

Bulimus turritus ; Reeve 1848 [1848-1850]: pl. 20 fig. 124.

Bulimulus (Geopyrgus) turritus ; Pilsbry 1896 [1895-1896]: 135, pl. 45 fig. 5.

Type locality.

"in Peruviae montibus (Truxillo)".

Label.

”Peru”. M.C. label style I.

Dimensions.

"long. 11/12, lat. 4/12 poll. [H 23.2, D 8.4 mm]"; figured specimen herein H 25.3, D 8.59, W 10.5.

Type material.

NHMUK 20100616, five possible syntypes (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

Broderip described this taxon from Cuming’s collection; it is likely that Reeve also used the same material in his work. One of the specimens corresponds to Reeve’s figure and the material is herein considered as possible syntypes.

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Bostryx turritus (Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832).

Figures

Figure 10. Bostryx species. A-B Bostryx voithianus (Pfeiffer, 1847), lectotype NHMUK 20100565.1 (H = 19.1) B sculpture on dorsal side of (pen) ultimate whorl C Bostryx simpliculus (Pfeiffer, 1855), lectotype NHMUK 1975340 (H = 18.9) D Bostryx turritus (Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832), possible syntype NHMUK 20100616 (H = 25.3) E Bostryx virgultorum (Morelet, 1863), paralectotype NHMUK 1893.2.4.179 (H = 27.8) F Bostryx woodwardi (Pfeiffer, 1857), lectotype NHMUK 1975334 (H = 31.0) G Bostryx andoicus (Morelet, 1863), lectotype NHMUK 1893.2.4.171 (H = 29.5) H Bostryx derelictus (Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832), probable syntype NHMUK 20100609 (H = 30.3). All enlarged.

Figure L 62. Labels. i Bulimus tristis Pfeiffer, 1855 ii Bulimus tropicalis Morelet, 1849 iii Bulimus tumidulus Pfeiffer, 1842 iv Helix tupacii d'Orbigny, 1835 v Helix turritella d'Orbigny, 1835 vi Bulinus turritus Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832.