Bothriembryon distinctus Iredale, 1939

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Whisson, Corey S., 2012, Annotated type catalogue of Bothriembryon (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in Australian museums, with a compilation of types in other museums, ZooKeys 194, pp. 41-80 : 44-45

Bothriembryon distinctus Iredale, 1939 Fig. 7C

Bothriembryon distinctus Iredale 1939: 36, pl. 2 fig. 43; Wells 1977: 53; B.J. Smith 1992: 101.

Type locality.

[Western Australia] "Cardanumbi, west of Eyre".

Label.

"Cardanumbi / WA".

Dimensions.

"length of the type 27 mm., breadth 15.5 mm"; figured specimen H 26.3, D 14.5, W 6.5.

Type material.

AM C100727, syntype; AM C127568, three syntypes; WAM S15147, seven syntypes.

Remarks.

Iredale (1939) based himself on "A series of shells". B.J. Smith (1992) synonimized this taxon with Bothriembryon barretti Iredale, 1930 after comparison of type specimens.

Current systematic position.

Bothriembryontidae, Bothriembryon barretti Iredale, 1930.

Figures

Figure 7. A-E Bothriembryon barretti Iredale, 1939 A Syntype, AM C 56628 (H = 28.1) B Syntype of B. indictus Iredale, 1939, AM C 100730 (H = 28.8) C Syntype of B. distinctus Iredale, 1939, AM C 100727 (H = 26.3) D Syntype of Bulimus industus pallidus Tate, 1879, AM C 477 (H = 31.0) E Holotype of B. multispirus Macpherson, 1951, MV F 5716 (H = 24.2) F B. irvineanus Iredale, 1939, syntype, AM C 100773 (H = 24.2) G B. naturalistarum Kobelt, 1901, syntype, SMF 25891 / 1 a (H = 17.0) Photo: E. Neubert H B. leeuwinensis (E. A. Smith, 1894), syntype of B. leeuwinensis eventus Iredale, 1939, AM C 100771 (H = 22.0) I B. perditus Iredale, 1939, syntype, AM C 100720 (H = 23.2) J B. whitleyi Iredale, 1939, syntype, AM C 100729 (H = 14.4) K B. spenceri (Tate, 1894), holotype, SAM D 3171 (H = 20.0) L B. tasmanicus (Pfeiffer, 1853), holotype of B. gunni brachysoma Pilsbry, 1900, ANSP 8461 (H = 20.4) Photo: A. Lawless.