Bulimus albicolor Morelet, 1863

Fig. 69

Bulimus albicolor Morelet, 1863: 199, pl. 11 fig. 9. – Breure & Ablett, 2014: 15, figs 4F, L3vii.

Bulimulus (Peronaeus) albicolor . – Pilsbry, 1896 [1895-1896]: 148, pl. 46 figs 49-50.

Bostryx albicolor . – Breure, 1979: 51.

Type locality: [Peru, Dept. Ayacucho] “Huanta et de la vallée de l’Apurimac” .

Label: “Hauteurs de Huanta”, “Hauteurs de l’Apurimac”, “Huanta”, “Yzcuchaca”, and “Curahuas”.

Dimensions: “Longit 28, diam. 9 mm ”; figured specimen herein H 25.4, D 9.68, W 7.4.

Type material: MHNG-INVE-60231, 11 syntypes (Angrand coll.).

Remarks: Morelet did not state on how many specimens his description was based. The largest specimen figured by Morelet is from Curahuas, but is partly damaged at the lip and on the last whorl. Further syntype material is present in the NHMUK and RBINS collections. See also Breure (2011) and Breure & Ablett (2014). The current systematic position follows the synonymization of Richardson (1995: 36) of Bulimus albicolor, B. cercicola Morelet, 1863, B. lesueurianus Morelet, 1860 and B. orophilus Morelet, 1863 . However, the priority lies with B. albicolor, due to a lapsus of Richardson (1995) regarding the publication date of B. orophilus; this error was copied by Breure & Ablett (2014).

Current systematic position: Bulimulidae, Bostryx albicolor (Morelet, 1860) .