Helix melo castanea Quoy & Gaimard, 1832

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 : 54

Helix melo castanea Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 Fig. 4B

Helix melo castanea Quoy and Gaimard 1832: 109, pl. 9 figs 6-7; Kendrick and Wilson 1975: 315, pl. 1 figs 2a-2b.

Type material.

MNHN 24645 (see Remarks).

Remarks.

This taxon was described as "Varietas castanea; vitta alba cincta" by Quoy and Gaimard (1832); together with their figures we consider this an indication according to Art. 11.4.3. ICZN. This taxon has been ascribed incorrectly to Deshayes (1838: 245), who merely copied the text and figures of Quoy and Gaimard, e.g. by Pilsbry (1900: 5; see above under Bothriembryon inflatus castaneus ). As Kendrick and Wilson have shown (1975: 310), the specimen on which Quoy and Gaimard based the name castanea was from the same locality as their Helix melo . See also Bothriembryon inflatus castaneus Pilsbry, 1900.

Current systematic position.

Bothriembryontidae, Bothriembryon melo (Quoy and Gaimard, 1832).

Figures

Figure 4. A-D Bothriembryon melo (Quoy and Gaimard, 1832) A Lectotype, MNHN 24644 (H = 24.7) B Paralectotype, Helix melo castanea Quoy and Gaimard, 1832, MNHN 24645 (H = 20.6) Photos: P. Maestrati C Syntype of Bothriembryon inflatus castaneus Pilsbry 1900, AM C 87458 (H = 23.1) Photo: A. Miller D Lectotype of B. inflatus conispira Pilsbry, 1900, ANSP 8453 (H = 25.2) Photo: A. Lawless E B. bulla (Menke, 1843), holotype of Bulimus baconi Benson, 1854, UMZC 2397 (H = 23.6) Photo: R. Preece F B. kendricki Hill, Johnson & Merrifield, 1983, holotype, WAM S 14552 (H = 16.2) G B. serpentinus Iredale, 1939, syntype, AM C 100724 (H = 27.5).