Bothriembryon irvineanus 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 : 48

Bothriembryon irvineanus Iredale, 1939 Fig. 7F

Bothriembryon irvineanus Iredale 1939: 24, pl. 2 fig. 15; Wells 1977: 53 (as iruineanus [sic]); B.J. Smith 1992: 104.

Type locality.

[Western Australia] "Cape Naturaliste".

Label.

"Cape Naturaliste / SWA".

Dimensions.

"Length of type, 26 mm.: breadth, 16 mm."; figured specimen H 24.2, D 19.6, W 5.1.

Type material.

AM C100773, syntype; AM C127707, nine syntypes; WAM S15143, three syntypes, Mrs. Irvine leg., 1892.

Remarks.

Iredale (1939) based himself on "a series" of shells; we consider therefore all material as syntypes.

Current systematic position.

Bothriembryontidae, Bothriembryon irvineanus Iredale, 1939.

Figures

Figure 7. A-E Bothriembryon barretti Iredale, 1939 A Syntype, AM C 56628 (H = 28.1) B Syntype of B. indictus Iredale, 1939, AM C 100730 (H = 28.8) C Syntype of B. distinctus Iredale, 1939, AM C 100727 (H = 26.3) D Syntype of Bulimus industus pallidus Tate, 1879, AM C 477 (H = 31.0) E Holotype of B. multispirus Macpherson, 1951, MV F 5716 (H = 24.2) F B. irvineanus Iredale, 1939, syntype, AM C 100773 (H = 24.2) G B. naturalistarum Kobelt, 1901, syntype, SMF 25891 / 1 a (H = 17.0) Photo: E. Neubert H B. leeuwinensis (E. A. Smith, 1894), syntype of B. leeuwinensis eventus Iredale, 1939, AM C 100771 (H = 22.0) I B. perditus Iredale, 1939, syntype, AM C 100720 (H = 23.2) J B. whitleyi Iredale, 1939, syntype, AM C 100729 (H = 14.4) K B. spenceri (Tate, 1894), holotype, SAM D 3171 (H = 20.0) L B. tasmanicus (Pfeiffer, 1853), holotype of B. gunni brachysoma Pilsbry, 1900, ANSP 8461 (H = 20.4) Photo: A. Lawless.