Bulimus stutchbury Pfeiffer, 1860

Breure, Abraham S. H., 2013, Annotated type catalogue of the Orthalicoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Museum fuer Naturkunde, Berlin, ZooKeys 279, pp. 1-101 : 45-46

Bulimus stutchbury Pfeiffer, 1860 Figs 15D, 15iv

Bulimus stutchbury Pfeiffer 1860: 137, pl. 51 fig. 8.

Placostylus stutchbury ; Kobelt 1891 [1890-1891]: 135, pl. 32 fig. 8; Pilsbry 1900: 88, pl. 36 fig. 35.

Type locality.

"Erumanga, New Hebrides"; see remarks.

Label.

"Neu Caledonia", in Dunker’s handwriting; see remarks.

Dimensions.

"Long. 53, diam. 11 mill."; figured specimen herein H 47.4, D 23.6 W 5.1.

Type material.

ZMB 117766, one possible syntype; ex Dunker coll., ex Cuming coll.

Remarks.

In Pfeiffer’s publication some mistakes have been made relating to the dimensions and figures. It seems likely that the dimensions of Bulimus stutchbury and the previous species ( Bulimus schomburgki ) have been exchanged. The dimensions given by Pfeiffer suggest a ratio of nearly 5:1 of shell height / diameter, which is clearly not according to his figure; the dimensions given for Bulimus schomburgki ("Long. 48, diam. 23 mill.") better suit Bulimus stutchbury . The shell from the Dunker collection, which might have been erroneously labelled by him as he did not keep the original label after copying, closely matches Pfeiffer’s Pl. 51 fig. 8 except the parietal tubercle is not showing well in that figure. The legend of the plate assigns also fig. 9 to Bulimus stutchbury , but from the text on page 137 it is clear that this figure represents Bulimus schomburgki . It may be noted that the type of Bulimus stutchbury has not been found in the NHMUK collection.

Delsaerdt (2010: 69) has corrected the type locality to Solomon Islands, Russell Islands; this group of small island lies between New Georgia archipelago and Guadalcanar.

Current systematic position.

Bothriembryontidae , Placocharis stutchbury (Pfeiffer, 1860).

Figures

Figure 15. Bostryx (sensu lato) species A-C Bostryx stelzneri (Dohrn, 1875) A, i possible syntype of Bulimulus (Scutalus) stelzneri Dohrn, 1875 ZMB 34734 (H = 27.9) B, ii syntype of Bulimulus (Scutalus) conospirus Doering, 1879 ZMB 34721 (H = 21.9) C, iii syntype of Bulimulus (Scutalus) peristomatus Doering, 1879 ZMB 34723 (H = 26.5) D-E, iv Bostryx tortoranus (Doering, 1879) syntype ZMB 34718 (H = 21.9) F-G, v Bostryx tortoranus (Doering, 1879), syntype of Bulimulus (Bulimulus) monticola Doering, 1879 ZMB 34725 (H = 13.05). All enlarged.