Bulimus ascendens Pfeiffer, 1853

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Ablett, Jonathan D., 2015, Annotated type catalogue of the Megaspiridae, Orthalicidae, and Simpulopsidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 470, pp. 17-143 : 19

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scientific name	Bulimus ascendens Pfeiffer, 1853
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Treatment

Bulimus ascendens Pfeiffer, 1853 Figs 2v-vi, L2i

Bulimus ascendens Pfeiffer 1853b: 378; Pfeiffer 1854b: 136; Pfeiffer 1855 in Küster and Pfeiffer 1840-1865: 247, pl. 66 fig. 7; Breure 1979: 44.

Thaumastus (Thaumastus) ascendens ; Breure 1978: 26 (lectotype designation).

Thaumastus ascendens ; Simone 2006: 152, fig. 515.

Type locality.

“Brasilia”.

Label.

“Brazils”, taxon label in Pfeiffer’s handwriting. M.C. label style IV.

Dimensions.

"Long. 95 mill., diam. 34 mill.". Figured specimen H 92.0, D 39.0, W -.

Type material.

NHMUK 1975274, lectotype (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

Pfeiffer did not state on how many specimens his description was based, but the species was described from the Cuming collection. The top whorls of the specimen are missing. The current systematic position is according to Simone (2006).

Current systematic position.

Megaspiridae , Thaumastus ascendens (Pfeiffer, 1853).