Bulimus viriatus Morelet, 1863

Breure, Abraham S. H., 2016, Annotated type catalogue of the Orthalicoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Stylommatophora) in the Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Geneva, Revue suisse de Zoologie 123 (1), pp. 57-103 : 86

Bulimus viriatus Morelet, 1863

Fig. 127

Bulimus viriatus Morelet, 1863: 170 , pl. 7 fig. 4.

Strophocheilus viriatus . – Pilsbry, 1895 [ 1895 -1896]: 54, pl. 27 fig. 99.

Type locality: [ Peru] “ Niguapata (…) la vallée de Santa- Anna ”.

Label: “Niguapata”.

Dimensions: “Longit. 57; diam. 28 mill.”; figured specimen herein H 58.7, D 31.8, W 4.7.

Type material: MHNG-INVE-78772 , two syntypes (Angrand coll.).

Remarks: Morelet described this taxon with two specimens at hand; the two specimens were deprived of their epidermis. The original label has been lost. The type locality could not be located with modern gazetteers. The current systematic position is based on similar data from Breure & Romero (2012).

Current systematic position: Orthalicidae , Kara viriata ( Morelet, 1863) (comb. n.).

Figures

Figs 127-134. Orthalicidae. (127) Kara viriata (Morelet, 1863), syntype, MHNG-INVE-78772 (H = 58.7). (128) Kara yanamensis (Morelet, 1863), syntype, MHNG-INVE-60202 (H = 55.4). (129) Scholvienia jaspidea (Morelet, 1863), syntype, MHNG-INVE-60211 (H = 47.2). (130) Orthalicus phlogerus (d’Orbigny, 1835), syntype, MHNG-INVE-64982 (H = 47.2). (131-132) Orthalicus zigzag (Lamarck, 1822), syntype, MHNG-INVE-51144 (H = 50.1). (133-134) Liguus fasciatus (Müller, 1774), (133) paratype of Liguus fasciatus viridis Clench, 1934, MHNG-INVE-64933 (H = 55.8), (134) paratype of Liguus crenatus barbouri Clench, 1929, MHNG-INVE-64938 (H = 43.2).