Bulimus deburghiae Reeve, 1859

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Ablett, Jonathan D., 2015, Annotated type catalogue of the Megaspiridae, Orthalicidae, and Simpulopsidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 470, pp. 17-143 : 24-25

Bulimus deburghiae Reeve, 1859 Figs 18i-ii, L5iii

Bulimus deburghiae Reeve 1859: 123; Pfeiffer 1868b: 15.

Sultana (Metorthalicus) deburghiae ; Breure and Schouten 1985: 27 (lectotype designation).

Type locality.

"Peruvian side of the Amazon".

Label.

"Banks of Amazon River / (Reeve)", in Dance’s handwriting; see below.

Dimensions.

"Long. 2 3/4 in. Lat. 1 1/4 in. [H 69.9, D 31.8 mm]". Figured specimen H 64.7, D 33.6, W 6+.

Type material.

NHMUK 19601622, lectotype (ex DeBurgh).

Remarks.

Reeve wrote "[a] fine shell", but otherwise it is not clear from the context that he had only one specimen at hand. The material is accompanied by a label written in 1961 by S.P. Dance "This specimen does not suit Reeve’s measurements but it is labelled by Mrs. de Burgh"; his selection as lectotype was interpreted as such by Breure and Schouten (1985). Their text may be ambiguous, but as all the qualifying data are given following Recommendation 74C jo. 73C, we feel that this designation qualifies Art. 74.5 ICZN. The specimen is slightly damaged at the top, hence the measurements depart from those given by Reeve.

Current systematic position.

Orthalicidae , Sultana (Metorthalicus) deburghiae (Reeve, 1859).