Bulinus affinis Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Ablett, Jonathan D., 2014, Annotated type catalogue of the Bulimulidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 392, pp. 1-367 : 10-11

Bulinus affinis Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832 Figs 8A , L3i-ii

Bulinus affinis Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832b: 106; Sowerby I 1833 [ Sowerby I and II 1832-1841]: fig. 30.

Bulimus affinis ; Reeve 1848 [1848-1850]: pl. 23 fig. 154.

Type locality.

"in Peruviâ (Mexillones, desert of Atacama)".

Label.

”Peru”; taxon name in Pfeiffer’s handwriting. M.C. label style I.

Dimensions.

"long 1, lat. 1/2 poll. [H 25.3, D 12.7 mm]"; figured specimen herein H 27.5, D 12.6, W 8.3.

Type material.

NHMUK 20100610, five possible syntypes (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

Broderip described this taxon from the Cuming collection, but did not indicate on how many specimens his description was based. These specimens are herein regarded as possible syntypes; one is corresponding to Reeve’s figure. The presence of a label in Pfeiffer’s handwriting together with specimens apparently seen by Reeve as evidenced by the figured specimen, corroborates the assumption ( Breure and Ablett 2011: 5) that-at least in some cases-material from the Cuming collection was either returned after having been sent to Pfeiffer or Pfeiffer made the identification during a visit to London.

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Bostryx affinis (Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832).

Figures

Figure 8. Bostryx species. A Bostryx affinis (Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832), possible syntype NHMUK 20100610 (H = 27.5) B Bostryx huascensis (Reeve, 1848), lectotype NHMUK 1975159 (H = 19.1) C Bostryx mejillonensis (Pfeiffer, 1857), lectotype NHMUK 1975322 (H = 24.1) D Bostryx kathiae Breure, 1978, paratype NHMUK 1975228 (H = 17.5) E Bostryx obliquistriatus (da Costa, 1901), lectotype NHMUK 1907.11.21.41 (H = 28.9) E Bostryx rhololarynx papillatus (Morelet, 1860), syntype NHMUK 1893.2.4.192 (H = 22.7) G Bostryx rhololarynx rhodolarynx (Reeve, 1849), lectotype NHMUK 1975434 (H = 34.5). All enlarged.

Figure L 3. Labels. i-ii Bulinus affinis Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832 iii Drymaeus alabastrinus da Costa, 1906 iv Bulimulus (Naesiotus) albemarlensis Dall, 1917 v-vi Bulinus albicans Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832 vii Bulimus albicolor Morelet, 1863 viii Bulimus (Drymaeus) albolabiatus E. A. Smith, 1877 ix-x Bulinus albus Sowerby I, 1833.