Bulimus bahamensis Pfeiffer, 1862

Breure, Abraham S. H., 2013, Annotated type catalogue of the Orthalicoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Museum fuer Naturkunde, Berlin, ZooKeys 279, pp. 1-101 : 10

Bulimus bahamensis Pfeiffer, 1862 Figs 17A-B, 17i

Bulimus bahamensis Pfeiffer 1862: 204; Pfeiffer 1868 [1866-1869]: 415, pl. 94 figs 21-24.

Drymaeus bahamensis ; Pilsbry 1899: 8, pl. 13 figs 81-84.

Type locality.

[West Indies] "New Providence insulam Bahamensium".

Label.

“Bahama”, label in Dohrn’s handwriting.

Dimensions.

"Long. 31; lat. 10 1/2 mill."; figured specimen herein H 29.4, D 11.8, W 6.7.

Type material.

ZMB 25727, two possible syntypes; ex Dohrn.

Remarks.

Pfeiffer described this species from material received from Th. Bland. It is known that Pfeiffer exchanged material with Dohrn ( Richling and Glaubrecht 2008). Although a taxon label in Pfeiffer’s handwriting is not present, this material is considered a possible syntype.

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) bahamensis (Pfeiffer, 1862).

Figures

Figure 17. Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) species A-B, i Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) bahamensis (Pfeiffer, 1862), syntype ZMB 25727 (H = 29.4) C-D, ii Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) flavidus (Menke, 1829) probable syntype ZMB 10338 (H = 23.4) E, iii Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) livescens (Pfeiffer, 1842), probable syntype ZMB 117771 (H = 22.5) F-G, vi Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) loxensis (Pfeiffer, 1846), syntype ZMB 117772 (H = 24.7) H, v Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) moussoni (Pfeiffer, 1853), syntype ZMB 117774 (H = 23.5) I, iv Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) translucens (Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I, 1832), probable syntype ZMB 117778 (H = 13.3).