Bulinus coturnix Sowerby I, 1832

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 : 8

Bulinus coturnix Sowerby I, 1832 Figs 4C-D, 4ii

Bulinus coturnix Sowerby I in Broderip and Sowerby 1832a: 30.

Type locality.

[Chile] “Huasco”.

Label.

“Huasco”. M.C. label style I.

Dimensions.

"Long 1 1/4, lat. 7/8 poll. [H 31.7, D 22.2 mm]"; specimen figured herein H 32.4, D 21.0, W 5.0.

Type material.

NHMUK 20100620, five possible syntypes (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

Of the five specimens, only one is adult; although it does not correspond to the original measurements, it originates from the type locality. The material is considered as possible syntypes.

Current systematic position.

Bothriembryontidae, Plectostylus coturnix (Sowerby I, 1832).

Figures

Figure 4. Plectostylus species. A-B, i Plectostylus broderipii (Sowerby I, 1832), lectotype NHM 20100655 (H = 44.5) C-D, ii Plectostylus coturnix (Sowerby, 1832), possible syntype NHM 20100620 (H = 32.4) E-H Plectostylus broderipii (Sowerby I, 1832) E-F, iii Lectotype of Bulimus broderipi var. elongata d'Orbigny, 1837 NHM 1854.12.4.102 (H = 30.5) G-H, iv Lectotype of Succinea elegans Pfeiffer, 1842 NHM 1975360 (H = 30.0).