Bulimus coriaceus Pfeiffer, 1857

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 : 43

Bulimus coriaceus Pfeiffer, 1857 Fig. 60K-L , L67ii

Bulimus coriaceus Pfeiffer 1857b: 318.

Type locality.

[Mexico] ”Cordova”.

Label.

”Mexico”, taxon label in Pfeiffer’s handwriting. M.C. label style I.

Dimensions.

"Long. 18, diam. 9 mill.". Figured specimen H 17.1, D 9.5, W 5.8.

Type material.

NHMUK 1975409, three possible syntypes (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

The type material was based on material collected by Sallé; however, the material is accompanied by a taxon label in Pfeiffer’s handwriting and is herein considered as possible syntypes. Pfeiffer did not state on how many specimens his description was based. The type material was up till now unfigured. The current systematic position follows Thompson (2011: 106).

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Bulimulus coriaceus (Pfeiffer, 1857).

Figures

Figure 60. Bulimulus species. A-B Bulimulus fuscus (Guilding, 1828), lectotype of Bulimus barbadensis Pfeiffer, 1853 NHMUK 1974054 (H = 21.3) C-D Bulimulus (?) dukinfieldi Melvill, 1900 [nomen inquirendum], lectotype NHM 1900.9.27.2 (H = 28.1) E-F Bulimulus cacticolus (Reeve, 1849), syntype NHMUK 20100515 (H = 24.4) G-H Bulimulus erectus (Reeve, 1849), syntype NHMUK 20100516 (H = 22.0) I-J Bulimulus mollicellus (Reeve, 1849), lectotype NHMUK 1975185 (H = 17.2) K-L Bulimulus coriaceus (Pfeiffer, 1857), syntype NHMUK 1975409 (H = 17.1). All enlarged.

Figure L 67. Labels. i Bulimus (Otostomus) rubrovariegatus Higgins, 1868 ii Bulimus coriaceus Pfeiffer, 1857 iii Bulimus sculpturatus Pfeiffer, 1846 iv Bulinus rugulosus Sowerby I 1833.