Otostomus loxanus Higgins, 1872

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Ablett, Jonathan D., 2014, Annotated type catalogue of the Bulimulidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 392, pp. 1-367 : 92-93

Otostomus loxanus Higgins, 1872 Fig. L35iv

Otostomus loxanus Higgins 1872: 685, pl. 56 figs 2-2a; Breure 1979: 121 (lectotype designation).

Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) loxanus ; Linares and Vera 2012: 196.

Type locality.

[Ecuador] ”Loxa” [Loja].

Label.

”Ecuador”. M.C. label style I.

Dimensions.

"Long. 29, diam. 11 mill."; specimen found H 26.5, D 12.2, W 6.7.

Material.

NHMUK 1975552, one specimen (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

Higgins did not state on how many specimens his description was based; however, his material was said to be collected by Buckley. This shell from the Cuming collection cannot be traced to that collector, but corresponds to the original figure of Higgins albeit the colour has faded away; the shell height is slightly less than given by Higgins. This specimen is no longer considered to be type material and loses its status as lectotype.

Figures

Figure L 35. Labels. i Bulimus lobbii Reeve, 1849 ii Helix lophoica d'Orbigny, 1835 iii Bulimus longinquus Morelet, 1863 iv Otostomus loxanus Higgins, 1872 v Bulimus loxensis Pfeiffer, 1846 vi Bulimulus (Drymaeus) lucidus Da Costa, 1898 vii Bulimus luridus Pfeiffer, 1863 viii Bulimus lucidus Reeve, 1848.