Bothriembryon glauerti 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 : 46

Bothriembryon glauerti Iredale, 1939 Fig. 8C

Bothriembryon glauerti Iredale 1939: 29, pl. 2 fig. 24; Wells 1977: 53; B.J. Smith 1992: 103.

Type locality.

[Western Australia] "Stirling Ranges".

Label.

"Stirling Range" (see Remarks).

Dimensions.

"The type measures 38 mm. in length by 22 mm. in breadth"; figured specimen H 36.7, D 20.8, W 5.5.

Type material.

WAM S14466, syntype; WAM S15144, three syntypes, F.R. Bradshaw leg.

Remarks.

According to the old WAM registration book (No. 10127) this material was collected by F.R. Bradshaw at Bluff Knoll. This more specific locality was not mentioned by Iredale (1939); the type locality is now restricted to Bluff Knoll. Iredale did not mention on how many specimens his description was based. The relationships between this taxon and Bothriembryon fuscus Thiele, 1930, Bothriembryon franki Iredale, 1939 and Bothriembryon indutus (Menke, 1843) need further study.

Current systematic position.

Bothriembryontidae, Bothriembryon glauerti Iredale, 1939.

Figures

Figure 8. A-B Bothriembryon fuscus Thiele, 1930 A Holotype, ZMB 67610 (H = 20.0) Photo: F. Koehler B Syntype of B. franki Iredale, 1939, AM C 100728 (H = 40.0) C B. glauerti Iredale, 1939, syntype, WAM S 14466 (H = 36.7) D Bulimus (Liparus) gratwicki Cox, 1899, syntype, AM C 127559 (H = 29.5).