Bulimus spiculatus Morelet, 1860

Breure, Abraham S. H., 2011, Annotated type catalogue of the Orthalicoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Royal Belgian Institute of Sciences, Brussels, with descriptions of two new species, ZooKeys 101, pp. 1-50 : 23

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scientific name	Bulimus spiculatus Morelet, 1860
status

Treatment

Bulimus spiculatus Morelet, 1860 Figs 11E, 11v

Bulimus spiculatus Morelet 1860: 375.

Bostryx spiculatus (Morelet); Breure 1978: 122; Breure 1979: 58;

Type locality.

No type locality given [interior of Peru].

Label.

“Pérou”; see remarks.

Dimensions.

"Longit. 20; diam. 4 mill."; figured specimen H 21.8, D 4.26, W 11.4.

Type material.

RBINS/MT2373, four probable syntypes, ex Morelet (Dautzenberg coll.).

Remarks.

Dautzenberg documented that he received the specimens from the Morelet collection ("ex auctore"). The material is regarded as probable syntypes. It may be noted that Breure (1978: 122) designated a lectotype from among the material in NHM, while other type material is present in MHNG.

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Bostryx spiculatus (Morelet, 1860).