Bothriembryon gardneri Kendrick, 1978

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 : 46

Bothriembryon gardneri Kendrick, 1978 Figs 3A-B, F

Bothriembryon gardneri Kendrick 1978: 51, fig. 4A-E.

Type locality.

"Point d’Entrecasteaux, Western Australia. Shallow quarry on crest of low ridge of calcarenite on north side of track from Windy Harbour to Salmon Beach. Lat. 34°49'14"S, long. 116°00'52" E". Probably of Pleistocene age. See Remarks.

Label.

"Pt d’Entrecasteaux, WA. / Shallow quarry on low ridge, N side of / track from Windy Harbour to Salmon Beach", in Kendrick’s handwriting.

Dimensions.

"height of 43.5 mm, maximum diamter 19.5 mm"; holotype H 43.5, D 18.4, W 5.8

Type material.

WAM 701603a, syntype; 701603b-c, 66794a-b, 66798a, h and w, seven syntypes; FMNH 194694/3, three paratypes. All material G. Gardner, J.K. Penglase, G.W. Kendrick leg, 1.viii.1970.

Remarks.

Although the formulation differs, this is the same locality where Bothriembryon consors Kendrick, 1978 has been found.

Current systematic position.

Bothriembryontidae, Bothriembryon gardneri Kendrick, 1978

Figures

Figure 3. Fossil Bothriembryon species. A, B, F B. gardneri Kendrick, 1978, holotype, WAM 701603 a (H = 43.5); F sculpture on dorsal side of last whorl C-E B. consors Kendrick, 1978, holotype, WAM 72421 a (H = 30.0); E sculpture on dorsal side of last whorl G-H B. douglasi Kendrick, 1978, holotype, WAM 661036 a (H = 34.2) I-J B. kremnobates Kendrick, 2005, holotype, WAM 81.847 (H = 21.5) K-L B. ridei Kendrick, 1978, holotype, WAM 60.434 a (H = 36.6) M B. praecursor McMichael, 1968, holotype, CPC 6906 (H = 14.17) N B. gunnii (Sowerby II, 1845), holotype, NHMUK PI OR 96907 (H = 25.1).