Bulimus singularis 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 : 22-23

Bulimus singularis Morelet, 1857 Figs 9C, 9iii

Bulimus singularis Morelet 1857: 27; Breure and Schouten 1985: 72.

Placostylus porphyrostomus porphyrostomus (Pfeiffer); Neubert et al. 2009: 79, fig. 101.

Type locality.

[New Caledonia] "Portum Galliae, littore occidentali Nova-Caledoniae" [ Nouméa].

Label.

"Nlle Calédonie” in Morelet`s handwriting.

Dimensions.

"Longit. 69, diam. 31 mill."; holotype H 70.0 D 35.2, W 6.5.

Type material.

NHMUK 1893.2.4.1530, holotype (Morelet coll.).

Current systematic position.

Bothriembryontidae, Placostylus porphyrostomus porphyrostomus (Pfeiffer, 1851).

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.