Bulimulus (Naesiotus) amastroides Ancey, 1887

Breure, Abraham S. H., 2011, Annotated type catalogue of the Orthalicoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Royal Belgian Institute of Sciences, Brussels, with descriptions of two new species, ZooKeys 101, pp. 1-50 : 7

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.101.1133
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scientific name	Bulimulus (Naesiotus) amastroides Ancey, 1887
status

Treatment

Bulimulus (Naesiotus) amastroides Ancey, 1887 Figs 14B, 14vi

Bulimulus (Naesiotus) amastroides Ancey 1887: 293; Wood and Gallichan 2008: 23.

Type locality.

[Ecuador] “Îles Galapagos".

Label.

"I. Galapagos", in Ancey’s handwriting.

Dimensions.

"Long., 9 1/2; diam., 4 2/3 mill."; figured specimen H 9.25, D 4.5, W 7.0.

Type material.

RBINS/MT1866, lectotype (design. n.), ex Géret ex Ancey (Dautzenberg coll.).

Remarks.

Ancey writes that this species may only be compared to Naesiotus calvus (Sowerby, 1833), which was described from Isla San Salvador. However, Parent and Crispi (2006) found Naesiotus amastroides on Isla San Cristobal and suggested that its closest relative is Naesiotus snodgrassi (Dall, 1900).

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Naesiotus amastroides (Ancey, 1887).