Bulimus fuscagula d'Orbigny , 1837

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 : 12

Bulimus fuscagula d'Orbigny, 1837 Figs 23E-F, 23iii

Bulimus fuscagula d’Orbigny 1837 [1834-1847]: 318, pl. 39 figs 1-2; Gray 1854: 22.

Bahiensis miliola ( d’Orbigny); Simone 2006: 169, fig. 591b.

Type locality.

[Brazil] "Rio de Janeiro".

Label.

"In Bresil"

Dimensions.

"Long. 30 millim.; lat. 8 millim."; lectotype H 28.6, D 7.6, W 9.4.

Type material.

NHMUK 1854.12.4.141, lectotype ( d’Orbigny coll.).

Remarks.

This specimen was thought by d’Orbigny to represent Auricula fuscagula Lea, 1837 [= Cyclodontina punctatissima (Lesson, 1830)], which is, however, a distinct species. The type lot consisted of a second specimen (NHMUK 1854.12.4.142) which indeed belongs to this species described by Lesson. Therefore, to solve the potential confusion, specimen NHMUK 1854.12.4.141 is here designated as lectotype (design. n.) of Bulimus fuscagula d’Orbigny.

Current systematic position.

Odontostomidae , Bahiensis fuscagula ( d’Orbigny, 1837).

Figures

Figure 23. A-B, i Cyclodontina fusiformis (Menke, 1828), lectotype of Bulimus catharinae Pfeiffer, 1857 NHM 1975261 (H = 24.4) C-D, ii Moricandia tolerata (Fulton, 1903), holotype NHM 1903.11.20.34 (H = 31.9) E-F, iii Bahiensis fuscagula (d'Orbigny, 1837), lectotype NHM 1854.12.4.141 (H = 30).