Bothriembryon whitleyi Iredale, 1939

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 : 53

Bothriembryon whitleyi Iredale, 1939 Fig. 7J

Bothriembryon whitleyi Iredale 1939: 27, pl. 2 fig. 21; B.J. Smith 1992: 107.

Type locality.

[Western Australia] “Geraldton”.

Label.

"Geraldton / WA".

Dimensions.

"Height 16 mm., breadth 12.5 mm."; figured specimen H 14.4, D 10.0, W 4.5.

Type material.

AM C100729, syntype; AM C127615, 31 syntypes; AM C127713, three syntypes; WAM S1368, six syntypes; WAM S15106, one syntype, G.P. Whitley leg.

Remarks.

The shell in Fig. 7J is somewhat smaller than Iredale (1939) stated, but agrees with the specimen figured by him; the description is based on "A nice series". This species is now thought to be extinct ( DEC 2010).

Current systematic position.

Bothriembryontidae, Bothriembryon whitleyi Iredale, 1939.

Figures

Figure 7. A-E Bothriembryon barretti Iredale, 1939 A Syntype, AM C 56628 (H = 28.1) B Syntype of B. indictus Iredale, 1939, AM C 100730 (H = 28.8) C Syntype of B. distinctus Iredale, 1939, AM C 100727 (H = 26.3) D Syntype of Bulimus industus pallidus Tate, 1879, AM C 477 (H = 31.0) E Holotype of B. multispirus Macpherson, 1951, MV F 5716 (H = 24.2) F B. irvineanus Iredale, 1939, syntype, AM C 100773 (H = 24.2) G B. naturalistarum Kobelt, 1901, syntype, SMF 25891 / 1 a (H = 17.0) Photo: E. Neubert H B. leeuwinensis (E. A. Smith, 1894), syntype of B. leeuwinensis eventus Iredale, 1939, AM C 100771 (H = 22.0) I B. perditus Iredale, 1939, syntype, AM C 100720 (H = 23.2) J B. whitleyi Iredale, 1939, syntype, AM C 100729 (H = 14.4) K B. spenceri (Tate, 1894), holotype, SAM D 3171 (H = 20.0) L B. tasmanicus (Pfeiffer, 1853), holotype of B. gunni brachysoma Pilsbry, 1900, ANSP 8461 (H = 20.4) Photo: A. Lawless.