Bulimus excoriatus Pfeiffer, 1855

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 : 56

Bulimus excoriatus Pfeiffer, 1855 Figs 58F-G , L21iii

Bulimus excoriatus Pfeiffer 1855g: 123; Breure 1979: 100.

Neopetraeus excoriatus ; Breure 1978: 215, pl. 3 fig. 2 (lectotype designation).

Type locality.

"Andes of Peru (Captain Keppell)".

Label.

"Andes of Peru", taxon label in Pfeiffer’s handwriting. M.C. label style IV.

Dimensions.

"Long. 39, diam. 19 mill."; figured specimen herein H 38.4, D 25.2, W 6.2.

Type material.

NHMUK 1975500, lectotype, Keppell leg. (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

The specimen is subadult and aged; it is possibly a synonym of Neopetraeus catamarcanus (Pfeiffer, 1858), in which case Neopetraeus excoriatus would have priority.

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Neopetraeus excoriatus (Pfeiffer, 1855).

Figures

Figure 58. Neopetraeus species. A-B Neopetraeus cora (d'Orbigny, 1835), lectotype NHMUK 1854.12.4.124 (H = 43.9) C-E Neopetraeus binneyanus (Pfeiffer, 1857), lectotype NHMUK 1975426 (H = 25.2) F-G Neopetraeus excoriatus (Pfeiffer, 1855), lectotype NHMUK 1975500 (H = 38.4). All enlarged.

Figure L 21. Labels. i Bulimus erubescens Pfeiffer, 1847 ii Bulinus eschariferus Sowerby I, 1833 iii Bulimus excoriatus Pfeiffer, 1855 iv Bulimus exornatus Reeve, 1849 v Drymaeus exoticus da Costa, 1901 vi Bulimulus (Drymaeus) expatriatus Preston, 1909 vii Bulimus fallax Pfeiffer, 1853.