Bulimus caribaeorum Lamarck, 1822

Figs 56-58

Bulimus caribaeorum Lamarck, 1822: 124 . – Mermod, 1951: 734, fig. 83.

Type locality: “les Antilles”.

Label: Only taxon label in Lamarck’s handwriting.

Dimensions: “Longueur, 9 lignes [H = 20.0 mm]”; figured specimen herein H 26.0, D 11.3, W 7.2.

Type material: MHNG-INVE-51169, 6 syntypes (Lamarck coll.) .

Remarks: Lamarck mentioned “ Mon cabinet”, but did not remark how many specimens he had seen. He referred to Helix virgulata Férussac (“Daudeb. Hist. des Moll. no. 396”), of which this taxon is a junior subjective synonym. The material consists of three (sub) adult and three juvenile specimens, without locality data.

Current systematic position: Bulimulidae, Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) virgulatus (Férussac, 1821) .