Bulimus strangei Pfeiffer, 1855

Breure, Abraham S. H., 2013, Annotated type catalogue of the Orthalicoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Museum fuer Naturkunde, Berlin, ZooKeys 279, pp. 1-101 : 45

Bulimus strangei Pfeiffer, 1855 Figs 10C, 10iii

Bulimus strangei Pfeiffer 1855a: 8.

Placocharis strangei ; Delsaerdt 2010: 73, pl. 12 figs 5-9 (lectotype designation); Breure and Ablett 2012: 40, figs 14D, 14iv.

Type locality.

[Solomon Islands, Simbo] "Eddystone Island, Australian Sea".

Label. "Eddystone Island / Solomon Inzeln", in Albers’ handwriting [ZMB 117764]. A second label "Eddingtone [sic] Isl." in Dunker’s handwriting [ZMB 117765].

Dimensions.

"Long. 46, diam. 17 mill."; figured specimen herein H 47.3, D 20.9, W 5.6.

Type material.

ZMB 117764, one paralectotype; ex Albers coll. No. 384, ex Cuming coll. ZMB 117765, two probable paralectotypes; ex Dunker coll., ex Cuming coll.

Remarks.

There is no doubt that the specimen from the Albers collection may be considered from the type series, despite the fact there is no label in Pfeiffer’s handwriting. The two specimens from the Dunker collection are very likely also from the same source and are considered probable type material. The lectotype is NHMUK 20100652 (see Breure and Ablett 2012), thus the ZMB material are paralectotypes.

Current systematic position.

Bothriembryontidae , Placocharis strangei (Pfeiffer, 1855).

Figures

Figure 10. Placocharis species A, ii Placocharis manni (W. F. Clapp, 1923), paratype ZMB 74852 (H = 81.5) B, i Placocharis macgillivrayi (Pfeiffer, 1855) paralectotype ZMB 117763 (H = 51.3) Photo: C. Zorn C, iii Placocharis strangei (Pfeiffer, 1855) paralectotype ZMB 117764 (H = 47.3) D, iv Placocharis stutchbury (Pfeiffer, 1860) possible syntype ZMB 117766 (H = 47.4).