Bulimus eximius Albers, 1857

Breure, Abraham S. H., 2013, Annotated type catalogue of the Orthalicoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Museum fuer Naturkunde, Berlin, ZooKeys 279, pp. 1-101 : 18

Bulimus eximius Albers, 1857 Figs 11A, 11i

Bulimus eximius Albers, 1857: 96; Neubert et al. 2009: 63, 65.

Type locality.

"Nova Caledonia".

Label.

"Nova Caledonia", in Albers’ handwriting.

Dimensions.

"Longit. 119, diam. 60 millim. (...) Specim. maxim. / Longit. 106, diam. 55 millim. (...) Specim. alterum."; specimen figured herein H 119.1, D 61.0, W 7.0.

Type material.

ZMB 117761, two syntypes; ex Albers coll. No. 550 and 552 respectively, Marguier leg.

Remarks.

Albers based his description on three specimens, of which one belonged to Mousson’s collection. According to Neubert et al. (2009: 65) this specimen could not be found in the ZMZ collection. The dimensions of the smallest specimen correspond to those given by Albers (1857: 97) in his remarks. The current systematic position is after Neubert et al. (2009).

Current systematic position.

Bothriembryontidae , Placostylus fibratus souvillei (Morelet, 1857).

Figures

Figure 11. Placostylus species A, i Placocharis fibratus souvillei (Morelet, 1857), syntype of Bulimus eximius Albers, 1857 ZMB 117761 (H = 119.1) B, ii Placocharis fibratus fibratus (Martyn, 1784), syntype of Bulimus insignis Petit, 1850 ZMB 117762 (H = 61.9)