Bothriembryon physoides humilis Pilsbry, 1900

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Whisson, Corey S., 2012, Annotated type catalogue of Bothriembryon (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in Australian museums, with a compilation of types in other museums, ZooKeys 194, pp. 41-80 : 47-48

Bothriembryon physoides humilis Pilsbry, 1900 Fig. 9B

Bothriembryon physoides humilis Pilsbry 1900: 10, pl. 2 figs 33-34; B.J. Smith 1992: 104.

Bothriembryon kingii (Gray); Iredale 1939: 31, pl. 2 fig. 28.

Type locality.

"Western Australia, King George Sound".

Label.

"King George Sound".

Dimensions.

"Alt. 17.5, diam. 10 (...) mill."; lectotype H 17.2, D 10.1, W 4.8.

Type material.

AM C100774, lectotype; AM C1062, two paralectotypes; ANSP 65568, two paralectotypes (dry) and three bodies (alcohol).

Remarks.

In his original description, Pilsbry (1900) listed the dimensions of two shells, which originated from Hedley resp. Cox. The latter specimen was apparently regarded by Iredale (1939) as "the type of Pilsbry’s var. humilis ". This is to be regarded as a lectotype designation (ICZN Art. 74.6); Smith (1992) erroneously regarded it as holotype. Later, Baker (1963: 228) erroneously selected the shell figured in Pilsbry 1900 pl. 2 fig. 34 as lectotype (ANSP 65568a).

Current systematic position. Bothriembryontidae , Bothriembryon kingii (Gray, 1825).

Figures

Figure 9. A-E Species complex of Bothriembryon kingii (J. E. Gray, 1825) A Lectotype of Helix trilineata Quoy and Gaimard, 1832, MNHN 24642 (H = 27.1) Photo: P. Maestrati B Lectotype of B. physoides humilis Pilsbry, 1900 AM C 100774 (H = 17.2) C B. jacksoni Iredale, 1939, syntype, AM C 100725 (H = 27.2) D B. notatus Iredale, 1939, syntype, AM C 100726 (H = 23.6) E B. revectus Iredale, 1939, syntype, AM C 100723 (H = 21.8) F B. richeanus Iredale, 1939, syntype, AM C 100772 (H = 23.4) G B. perobesus Iredale, 1939, holotype, WAM S 14467 (H = 24.2) H B. sayi (Pfeiffer, 1847), syntype of B. kingii solidus Pilsbry, 1900, AM C 100722 (H = 31.8).