Bulimus felix Pfeiffer, 1862

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 : 57

Bulimus felix Pfeiffer, 1862 Figs 45D-F , L22iii

Bulimus felix Pfeiffer 1862: 387, pl. 37 fig. 2.

Drymaeus felix ; Pilsbry 1898 [1897-1898]: 211, pl. 35 fig. 20; Linares and Vera 2012: 185 [partim].

Type locality.

"New Granada".

Label.

"New Granada", taxon label in Pfeiffer’s handwriting. M.C. label style III.

Dimensions.

"Long. 33, diam. 13 mill."; lectotype H 34.0, D 14.8, W 6.2.

Type material.

NHMUK 1975206, lectotype and three paralectotypes (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

Pfeiffer did not state on how many specimens his description was based. A lot with four specimens was found, which is considered as type material. The specimen marked with ‘x’ has been selected as lectotype (design. n.) to define this often confused taxon.

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Drymaeus (Drymaeus) felix (Pfeiffer, 1862).

Figures

Figure 45. Drymaeus species. A-C Drymaeus (Drymaeus) acuminatus da Costa, 1906, holotype NHMUK 1907.11.21.10 (H = 33.4) D-F Drymaeus (Drymaeus) felix (Pfeiffer, 1862), lectotype NHMUK 1975206 (H = 34.0) G-I Drymaeus (Drymaeus) fucatus (Reeve, 1849), lectotype NHMUK 1874.12.11.224 (H = 23.5) J-L Drymaeus (Drymaeus) farrisi (Pfeiffer, 1858), lectotype NHMUK 1975506 (H = 46.8) M-N Drymaeus (Drymaeus) poecilus (d'Orbigny, 1835), paralectotype NHMUK 1854.12.4.155 (H = 34.8). All enlarged.

Figure L 22. Labels. i Bulimus fabrefactus Reeve, 1848 ii Bulimus farrisi Pfeiffer, 1858 iii Bulimus felix Pfeiffer, 1862 iv Bulimus fenestratus Pfeiffer, 1846 v Bulimus ferrugineus Reeve, 1849 vi Bulimus feriatus Reeve, 1848.