Bulimus (Eurytus) eros Angas, 1878

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Ablett, Jonathan D., 2011, Annotated type catalogue of the Amphibulimidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 138, pp. 1-52 : 15-16

Bulimus (Eurytus) eros Angas, 1878 Figs 20D-F, 20ii

Bulimus (Eurytus) eros Angas, 1878: 312, pl. 18 figs 6-7.

Plekocheilus (Eurytus) eros (Angas); Breure 1979: 30.

Type locality.

“Ecuador”.

Label.

“Ecuador”.

Dimensions.

"Alt. 1 inch 5 1/2 lines, diam. 8 lines [H 36.9 D 16.9 mm]"; lectotype H 35.5, D 18.5, W 3.8.

Type material.

NHM 1879.1.21.2, lectotype (ex Angas).

Remarks.

Angas did not state on how many specimens his description was based. The label accompanying the specimen reads "the type"; there is, however, no evidence that this was the sole specimen originating from Angas. Therefore the specimen is now designated lectotype (design. n.).

Current systematic position.

Amphibulimidae , Plekocheilus (Eurytus) eros (Angas, 1878).

Figures

Figure 20. Plekocheilus (Eurytus) species. A-C, i Plekocheilus (Eurytus) piperitus (Sowerby I, 1837), syntype NHM 1975329 (H = 55.8) D-F, ii Plekocheilus (Eurytus) eros (Angas, 1878), lectotype NHM 1879.1.21.2 (H = 35.5).