Bulimus pyrostomus Pfeiffer, 1860

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Ablett, Jonathan D., 2012, Annotated type catalogue of the Bothriembryontidae and Odontostomidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 182, pp. 1-70 : 20

Bulimus pyrostomus Pfeiffer, 1860 Figs 15C, 15iii

Bulimus pyrostomus Pfeiffer 1860: 137; Breure and Schouten 1985: 59, 72.

Placostylus (Santacharis) salomonis (Pfeiffer); Solem 1959: 132, pl. 8 fig. 5 (lectotype designation).

Santacharis salomonis (Pfeiffer); Delsaerdt 2010: 76, pl. 12 figs 13-14.

Type locality.

[Vanuatu, Erromanga] "Erumanga, New Hebrides".

Label.

"Isle of Eurymanga, New Hebrides", taxon label in Pfeiffer’s handwriting. M.C. label style III.

Dimensions.

"Long. 42, diam. 19 mill."; lectotype H 41.5, D 22.0, W 5.3.

Type material.

NHMUK 1975235, lectotype and two paralectotypes (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

According to Solem (1959) the "holotype of pyrostomus is more slender than most of the specimens seen, but it is not too atypical. The holotype of salomonis could not be located in the British Museum". Solem based his comments on a photograph of the type and was possibly unaware of the existence of two additional specimens. His "holotype of pyrostomus " is here interpreted as a lectotype designation (Art. 74.6 ICZN), overruling the subsequent designation by Breure and Schouten (1985: 59). See also under Bulimus salomonis .

Current systematic position.

Bothriembryontidae, Santacharis salomonis (Pfeiffer, 1853).

Figures

Figure 15. Santacharis species. A, i Santacharis fuligineus (Pfeiffer, 1853), lectotype NHM 1975226 (H = 39.4) B-C Santacharis salomonis (Pfeiffer, 1853) B, ii Lectotype NHM 1975234 (H = 33.6) C, iii Lectotype of Bulimus pyrostomus Pfeiffer, 1860 NHM 1975235 (H = 41.5).