Bothriembryon consors 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 : 44

Bothriembryon consors Kendrick, 1978 Figs 3C-E

Bothriembryon consors Kendrick 1978: 54, fig 4F-H.

Type locality.

"Windy Harbour, Western Australia. Shallow quarry NE of lighthouse beside track to Salmon Bay. Lat. 34°49'14"S, long. 116°00'52"E. Probably Pleistocene age. See Remarks.

Label.

"Windy Harbour, W.A. Shallow / quarry NE of lighthouse beside track / to Salmon Beach", in Kendrick’s handwriting.

Dimensions.

"height of 29.9 mm, maximum diameter 13.8 mm"; holotype H 30.0, D 13.6, W 5.3.

Type material.

WAM 72421a, holotype; WAM 72421b-e, j and k, 70901a-b, 70160d, nine paratypes.

Remarks.

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

Current systematic position.

Bothriembryontidae, Bothriembryon consors 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).