Bulimus veranyi Pfeiffer, 1848

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 : 23-24

Bulimus veranyi Pfeiffer, 1848 Figs 12D-F, 12ii

Bulimus veranyi Pfeiffer 1848: 230; Reeve 1848 [1848-1850]: pl. 42 fig. 262; Philippi 1849 [1847-1851]: 37, pl. 8 fig. 9.

Plekocheilus (Aeropictus) veranyi (Pfeiffer); Breure 1978: 21, pl. 9 fig. 6 (lectotype designation); Breure 1979: 32; Borrero and Breure 2011: 12.

Type locality.

[Venezuela] "Chachopo, Province of Merida, New Granada (Funck)".

Label.

"From Chachopo province / of Merida New Granada / Mr Funck", taxon label in Pfeiffer's handwriting. M.C. label type IV.

Dimensions.

"Long. 33, diam. 15 mill."; lectotype H 33.0, D 19.5, W 4.3.

Type material.

NHM 1975297, lectotype; 1975298, two paralectotypes, Funck leg. (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

The 'airpockets' typical for this subgenus are more conspicuous on the paralectotype than on the lectotype.

Current systematic position.

Amphibulimidae , Plekocheilus (Aeropictus) veranyi (Pfeiffer, 1848).

Figures

Figure 12. Plekocheilus (Aeropictus) species. A-C, i Plekocheilus (Aeropictus) veranyi (Pfeiffer, 1848), syntype of Bulimus scytodes Pfeiffer, 1853 NHM 19991537 (H = 35.2) D-F, ii Plekocheilus (Aeropictus) veranyi (Pfeiffer, 1848), lectotype NHM 1975297 (H = 33.0).