Bothriembryon praecelsus 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 : 51

Bothriembryon praecelsus Iredale, 1939 Fig. 5I

Bothriembryon praecelsus Iredale 1939: 22, pl. 2 fig. 11; Wells 1977: 54; B.J. Smith 1992: 102.

Type locality.

[Western Australia] “Kellerberrin”.

Label.

“Kellerberrin”.

Dimensions.

"length 29 mm., breadth 20 mm."; figured specimen H 27.1, D 17.9, W 4.8

Type material.

WAM S14468, holotype.

Remarks.

Iredale (1939) mentioned to have "One specimen" available; therefore we consider this as the holotype. This species, which was synonymized by Smith (1992) with Bothriembryon bulla (Menke, 1843), is now thought to be extinct ( DEC 2010).

Current systematic position.

Bothriembryontidae, Bothriembryon praecelsus 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).