Helix brephoides d'Orbigny , 1835

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Ablett, Jonathan D., 2015, Annotated type catalogue of the Megaspiridae, Orthalicidae, and Simpulopsidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 470, pp. 17-143 : 21

Helix brephoides d'Orbigny, 1835 Figs 10v-vii, L3ii

Helix brephoides d’Orbigny 1835: 17.

Bulimus brephoides ; d’Orbigny 1837 [1834-1847]: 294, pl. 38 figs 8-9 [text 6 May 1838]; Gray 1854: 19.

Strophocheilus brephoides ; Pilsbry 1895 [1895-1896]: 57, pl. 28 figs 4-5.

Type locality.

"republica Peruviana".

Label.

“Pérou”, in d’Orbigny’s handwriting.

Dimensions.

"Longit. 52 millim., latit. 25 millim.". Figured specimen H 51.9, D 25.1, W 5.6.

Type material.

NHMUK 1854.12.4.117, lectotype ( d’Orbigny coll.).

Remarks.

d’Orbigny did not state on how many specimens his description was based. The specimen found corresponds to the figures of d’Orbigny and is here designated lectotype (design. n.) to define the taxon, which has been compared to Bulimus taeniolus Nyst, 1845 ( Pilsbry 1895 [1895-1896]: 57). d’Orbigny (1838 [1834-1847]: 294) specified the type locality as follows: "Nous n’avons pas receuilli nous-même ce Bulime; nous le devons à la bonté toute particulière de M. Mathius, botaniste anglais, que nous avons rencontré à Lima, et qui l’avait apporté du verant oriental des Andes péruviennes, à peu près par la latitude de Lima"; this would indicate the eastern part of Dept. Junín (e.g., Chanchamayo region) as the likely source area. The classification at species level follows Richardson (1995: 373), but further studies are needed to ascertain its status; for the generic level see also the remarks under the systematic arrangement above.

Current systematic position.

? Orthalicidae , Scholvienia brephoides ( d’Orbigny, 1835).