Bulimus broderipi elongata d'Orbigny , 1837

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 : 11

Bulimus broderipi elongata d'Orbigny, 1837 Figs 4E-F, 4iii

Bulimus broderipi var. elongata d’Orbigny 1837 [1834-1847]: 266.

Type locality.

"Cobija, Bolivia" [Chile].

Label.

“Cobija”; in d’Orbigny’s handwriting.

Dimensions.

"Long. 30 millim.; lat. 17 millim."; lectotype H 30.5, D 16.4, W 5.2.

Type material.

NHMUK 1854.12.4.102, lectotype and six paralectotypes ( d’Orbigny coll.).

Remarks.

No material of this taxon has been found in the MNHN. As the species was not figured by d’Orbigny, the specimen that most closely matches the given dimensions has been chosen as the lectotype. This taxon is now considered a junior subjective synonym of Bulinus broderipii Sowerby I, 1832 (F. Cádiz, unpublished data).

Current systematic position.

Bothriembryontidae, Plectostylus broderipii (Sowerby I, 1832) (synon. n.).

Figures

Figure 4. Plectostylus species. A-B, i Plectostylus broderipii (Sowerby I, 1832), lectotype NHM 20100655 (H = 44.5) C-D, ii Plectostylus coturnix (Sowerby, 1832), possible syntype NHM 20100620 (H = 32.4) E-H Plectostylus broderipii (Sowerby I, 1832) E-F, iii Lectotype of Bulimus broderipi var. elongata d'Orbigny, 1837 NHM 1854.12.4.102 (H = 30.5) G-H, iv Lectotype of Succinea elegans Pfeiffer, 1842 NHM 1975360 (H = 30.0).