Bulimus scarabus Albers, 1854

Breure, Abraham S. H., 2013, Annotated type catalogue of the Orthalicoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Museum fuer Naturkunde, Berlin, ZooKeys 279, pp. 1-101 : 43

Bulimus scarabus Albers, 1854 Figs 12A, 12i-iii

Bulimus scarabus Albers 1854: 219.

Placostylus scarabus ; Neubert et al. 2009: 88, figs 131-146.

Type locality.

"Nova Caledonia".

Label.

"Nova Caledonia", in Albers’ handwriting.

Dimensions.

"Long. 60, diam. 30 mill."; figured specimen herein H 53.8, D 38.7, W 6.0.

Type material.

ZMB 101820, one syntype, ex Petit; 101821, one syntype, ex Albert coll. No. 379.

Remarks.

The status of this taxon has recently been revised by Neubert et al. (2009). The specimen ex Cuming they mentioned could not be found in the ZMB collection.

Current systematic position.

Bothriembryontidae , Placostylus scarabus (Albers, 1854).

Figures

Figure 12. A, i-iii Placostylus scarabus (Albers, 1854), syntype ZMB 101820 (H = 53.8) Photo: C. Zorn B, iv Aspastus paravicinianus (B. Rensch, 1934), paratype ZMB 78711 (H = 66.6) C, v Eumecostylus vicinus (B. Rensch, 1934), paratype ZMB 78702 (H = 63.6).