Bulimus tasmanicus Pfeiffer, 1853

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 : 24

Bulimus tasmanicus Pfeiffer, 1853 Figs 3H-I, 3iii

Bulimus tasmanicus Pfeiffer 1853c: 260; B.J. Smith 1992: 108.

Type locality.

[Australia, Tasmania] "Van Diemen’s Land" (see remarks).

Label.

"Van Diemens / isl.", taxon label in Pfeiffer’s handwriting. M.C. label style III.

Dimensions.

"Long. 25, diam. 11 mill."; specimen figured herein H 29.3, D 15.1, W 5.4.

Type material.

NHMUK 1981204, one syntype (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

The material (two specimens) is accompanied by two labels in Pfeiffer’s handwriting. One states "B. Tasmanicus / Pfr. Van Diemens / isl."; this is considered the original label as it is entirely written in Pfeiffer’s hand and the specimen is considered to be a syntype. The second label reads "B. Tasmanicus Pfr. var. / Isle of Ianna / New Caledonia"; only the taxon name ("Tasmanicus Pfr. var.") is in Pfeiffer’s handwriting and this material is not considered to be a syntype as the locality seems to be erroneous.

Kershaw (1987) has restricted the type locality to Maria Island.

Current systematic position.

Bothriembryontidae, Bothriembryon tasmanicus (Pfeiffer, 1853).

Figures

Figure 3. Bothriembryon species. A-B, i Bothriembryon dux (Pfeiffer, 1861), lectotype NHM 1975598 (H = 48.5) C-E, ii Bothriembryon leeuwinensis (E. A. Smith, 1894), lectotype NHM 1881.11.21.128 (H = 27.0); E detail of sculpture (x 6) F-G, iv Bothriembryon rhodostomus (J. E. Gray, 1834), lectotype NHM 1874.10.28.1 (H = 31.1) H-I, iii Bothriembryon tasmanicus (Pfeiffer, 1853), syntype NHM 1981204 (H = 30.1).