Bothriembryon jacksoni Iredale, 1939

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Whisson, Corey S., 2012, Annotated type catalogue of Bothriembryon (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in Australian museums, with a compilation of types in other museums, ZooKeys 194, pp. 41-80 : 49

Bothriembryon jacksoni Iredale, 1939 Fig. 9C

Bothriembryon jacksoni Iredale 1939: 31, pl. 2 fig. 30; Wells 1977: 53; B.J. Smith 1992: 105.

Type locality.

[Western Australia] "Deep River, Frankland River, Nornalup".

Label.

"Deep River / SWA".

Dimensions.

"The length of the type is 27 mm., the breadth 15 mm."; figured specimene H 27.2, D 14.2, W 5.4.

Type material.

AM C100725, syntype; WAM S15142, six syntypes, S.W. Jackson leg., xii.1912.

Remarks.

Iredale (1939) did not explicitly state on how many specimens his description was based. This taxon is part of the Bothriembryon kingii species complex that extends from the Walpole area in the west to near Hopetoun in the east. Smith (1992) placed this species in the synonymy of Bothriembryon kingii (Gray, 1825). However, we are of the opinion that this species groupneeds further study to ascertain the systematic position of this taxon.

Current systematic position.

Bothriembryontidae, Bothriembryon jacksoni Iredale, 1939.

Figures

Figure 9. A-E Species complex of Bothriembryon kingii (J. E. Gray, 1825) A Lectotype of Helix trilineata Quoy and Gaimard, 1832, MNHN 24642 (H = 27.1) Photo: P. Maestrati B Lectotype of B. physoides humilis Pilsbry, 1900 AM C 100774 (H = 17.2) C B. jacksoni Iredale, 1939, syntype, AM C 100725 (H = 27.2) D B. notatus Iredale, 1939, syntype, AM C 100726 (H = 23.6) E B. revectus Iredale, 1939, syntype, AM C 100723 (H = 21.8) F B. richeanus Iredale, 1939, syntype, AM C 100772 (H = 23.4) G B. perobesus Iredale, 1939, holotype, WAM S 14467 (H = 24.2) H B. sayi (Pfeiffer, 1847), syntype of B. kingii solidus Pilsbry, 1900, AM C 100722 (H = 31.8).