Bulimus simulus Morelet, 1851

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 : 46

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scientific name	Bulimus simulus Morelet, 1851
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Treatment

Bulimus simulus Morelet, 1851 Figs 26iv-vi, L17ii

Bulimus simulus Morelet 1851: 11; Pfeiffer 1853d: 383; Breure 1979: 134.

Type locality.

[Guatemala] "sylvas Petenensis".

Label.

“forêt de Dolores", taxon label in Morelet’s handwriting.

Dimensions.

"Longit. 11 - Diam. 9 [mm]". Figured specimen H 8.26, D 6.79, W 4.3.

Type material.

NHMUK 1893.2.4.1128-1129, two syntypes (Morelet coll.).

Remarks.

Morelet did not state on how many specimens his description was based. On the board on which the labels are glued has been written in a later hand "Type largest / Test. Noviss. No. 101". The locality on the label probably refers to the village of Dolores, Petén, Guatemala, which is thus the exact type locality. The current systematic position follows Thompson (2011: 130).

Current systematic position.

Simpulopsidae , Simpulopsis (Simpulopsis) simula (Morelet, 1851).