Bulimus ovulum Reeve, 1849

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Ablett, Jonathan D., 2015, Annotated type catalogue of the Megaspiridae, Orthalicidae, and Simpulopsidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 470, pp. 17-143 : 39-40

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scientific name	Bulimus ovulum Reeve, 1849
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Treatment

Bulimus ovulum Reeve, 1849 Figs 23v-vi, L15ii

Bulimus ovulum Reeve 1849 [1848-1850]: pl. 76 fig. 556; Breure 1979: 131. pl. 12 fig. 48.

Rhinus ovulum ; Breure 1978: 232 (lectotype designation); Simone 2006: 129, fig. 412.

Type locality.

"Philippine Islands; Cuming".

Label.

"Pernambuco, Brazil", taxon label in Pfeiffer’s handwriting. M.C. label style I, V.

Dimensions.

Not given. Figured specimen H 20.1, D 12.3, W 6.4.

Type material.

NHMUK 1975416, lectotype; 1975417, two paralectotypes (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

Reeve did not state on how many specimens his description was based, but mentioned "A shell of rather solid growth..."; this is herein not considered as sufficient evidence that he had only one shell for his description. The material was in "Mus. Cuming". Richardson (1995: 226) incorrectly classified this taxon with Naesiotus Albers, 1850. The current systematic position follows Simone (2006); the shell height given by him is erroneous.

Current systematic position.

Simpulopsidae , Rhinus ovulum (Reeve, 1849).