Bothriembryon multispirus Macpherson, 1951

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 : 49-50

Bothriembryon multispirus Macpherson, 1951 Fig. 7E

Bothriembryon multispirus Macpherson 1951: 30; B.J. Smith 1992: 101.

Type locality.

[Western Australia] "20 miles west of Cocklebiddy Waterhole".

Label.

"20 miles west of Cocklebiddy Water / Hole, W.A.".

Dimensions.

"Length 24 mm.; breadth 12 mm."; holotype H 24.2, D 12.7, W 6.7.

Type material.

MV F5716, holotype; F3068, F3073 four resp. two paratypes, Russell Grimwade expedition, ix.1947.

Remarks.

B.J. Smith (1992) placed this taxon in the synonymy of Bothriembryon barretti Iredale, 1930, based on examination of the types.

Current systematic position.

Bothriembryontidae, Bothriembryon barretti Iredale, 1930.

Figures

Figure 7. A-E Bothriembryon barretti Iredale, 1939 A Syntype, AM C 56628 (H = 28.1) B Syntype of B. indictus Iredale, 1939, AM C 100730 (H = 28.8) C Syntype of B. distinctus Iredale, 1939, AM C 100727 (H = 26.3) D Syntype of Bulimus industus pallidus Tate, 1879, AM C 477 (H = 31.0) E Holotype of B. multispirus Macpherson, 1951, MV F 5716 (H = 24.2) F B. irvineanus Iredale, 1939, syntype, AM C 100773 (H = 24.2) G B. naturalistarum Kobelt, 1901, syntype, SMF 25891 / 1 a (H = 17.0) Photo: E. Neubert H B. leeuwinensis (E. A. Smith, 1894), syntype of B. leeuwinensis eventus Iredale, 1939, AM C 100771 (H = 22.0) I B. perditus Iredale, 1939, syntype, AM C 100720 (H = 23.2) J B. whitleyi Iredale, 1939, syntype, AM C 100729 (H = 14.4) K B. spenceri (Tate, 1894), holotype, SAM D 3171 (H = 20.0) L B. tasmanicus (Pfeiffer, 1853), holotype of B. gunni brachysoma Pilsbry, 1900, ANSP 8461 (H = 20.4) Photo: A. Lawless.