Bothriembryon bradshawi 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 : 43-44

Bothriembryon bradshawi Iredale, 1939 Fig. 5F

Bothriembryon bradshawi Iredale 1939: 24, pl. 2 fig. 14; Wells 1977: 52; B.J. Smith 1992: 102.

Type locality.

[Western Australia] “Tambellup”.

Label.

"Tambellup / WA".

Dimensions.

"Length, 19.5 mm., breadth, 12 mm"; figured specimen H 19.0, D 11.4, W 4.7.

Type material.

AM C100749, syntype; AM C59096, nine syntypes; AM C59208, 30+ syntypes; WAM S15148, four syntypes; WAM S15149, two syntypes; WAM S15150, one syntype (all ex E.R. Bradshaw).

Remarks.

Iredale’s description is based on "A good series" of shells. According to Wells (1977) the WAM collection holds five paratypes.

Current systematic position.

Bothriembryontidae, Bothriembryon bradshawi Iredale, 1939.

Figures

Figure 5. A-B Bothriembryon mastersi (Cox, 1867) A Possible syntype, SAMA D 11341 (H = 17.4) B Holotype of B. decresensis Cotton, 1940, SAMA D 13773 (H = 15.5) Photo: R. Hamilton-Bruce C-E B. costulatus (Lamarck, 1822) C Syntype of Bulimus inflatus Lamarck, 1822, MHNG INV 51162 (H = 26.0) Photo: Y. Finet D Holotype of B. onslowi hartogensis Kobelt, 1901, SMF 25909 / 1 a (H = 12.9) Photo: E. Neubert E S yntype of B. onslowi minor Pilsbry, 1900, ANSP 78504 (H = 14.4) Photo: A. Lawless F B. bradshawi Iredale, 1939, syntype, AM C 100749 (H = 19.0) G B. sedgwicki Iredale, 1939, syntype, AM C 100831 (H = 15.9) H B. onslowi (Cox, 1864), syntype, AM C 84882 (H = 21.7) I B. praecelsus Iredale, 1939, holotype, WAM S 14468 (H = 27.1).