Bothriembryon perditus 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 : 50

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.194.2721

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C7A11687-A9F4-6BF6-1F5C-87213A666AF0

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scientific name

Bothriembryon perditus Iredale, 1939
status

 

Bothriembryon perditus Iredale, 1939 Fig. 7I View Figure 7

Bothriembryon perditus Iredale 1939: 32, pl. 2 fig. 32; Wells 1977: 54; B.J. Smith 1992: 106.

Type locality.

[Western Australia] "70 miles east of Israelite Bay".

Label.

"70M E of / Israelite Bay / WA".

Dimensions.

"Length of type 24 mm., breadth 12 mm."; figured specimen H 23.2, D 11.6, W 5.3.

Type material.

AM C100720, syntype; AM C127567, three syntypes; WAM S15120, seven syntypes, E. Gatewick leg.

Remarks.

From his description it is clear that Iredale (1939) based himself on more than one specimen.

Current systematic position.

Bothriembryontidae, Bothriembryon perditus Iredale, 1939.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Stylommatophora

Family

Bothriembryontidae

Genus

Bothriembryon

Loc

Bothriembryon perditus Iredale, 1939

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Whisson, Corey S. 2012
2012
Loc

Bothriembryon perditus

Iredale 1939
1939