Bulimus souvillei Morelet, 1857

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Ablett, Jonathan D., 2012, Annotated type catalogue of the Bothriembryontidae and Odontostomidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 182, pp. 1-70 : 23

Bulimus souvillei Morelet, 1857 Figs 9B, 9ii

Bulimus souvillei Morelet 1857: 26.

Placostylus (Placostylus) souvillei (Morelet); Breure and Schouten 1985: 63 (lectotype designation).

Placostylus fibratus souvillei (Morelet); Neubert et al. 2009: 63, figs 55-68.

Type locality.

[New Caledonia] "ad Sanctam-Mariam de Balade, Novae-Caledoniae ore occidentale" [see remarks].

Label.

"Ste Marie de Balade. Nlle Calédonie”, in Morelet`s handwriting.

Dimensions.

"Longit. 118; diam. maj. 62 mill."; lectotype H 116.5, D 66.5, W 6.8.

Type material.

NHMUK 1893.2.4.1529, lectotype (ex Morelet).

Remarks.

The type locality is erroneous according to Neubert et al. (2009), "as f. souvillei does not live north of the Mt. Humboldt area".

Current systematic position.

Bothriembryontidae, Placostylus fibratus souvillei (Morelet, 1857).

Figures

Figure 9. Placostylus species. A, i Placostylus fibratus goroensis (Souverbie in Souverbie and Montrouzier, 1870), syntype of Bulimus fibratus grammica Crosse, 1870 NHM 1929.9.14.15 (H = 111.3) B, ii Placostylus fibratus souvillei (Morelet, 1857), lectotype NHM 1893.2.4.1529 (H = 116.5) C, iii Placostylus porphyrostomus porphyrostomus (Pfeiffer, 1851), holotype of Bulimus singularis Morelet, 1857 NHM 1893.2.4.1530 (H = 70.0) D, iv Placostylus eddystonensis eddystonensis (Pfeiffer, 1855), lectotype NHM 1975230 (H = 73.3) E, v Placostylus eddystonensis savesi (Crosse, 1886), holotype NHM 1929.9.14.7 (H = 57.5) F, vi Placostylus caledonicus (Petit de la Saussaye, 1845), possible syntype of Bulimus edwardsianus Gassies, 1863 NHM 1883.11.10.1172 (H = 72.0). All reduced in size.