Bulimulus compactus Fulton, 1902

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 : 39

Bulimulus compactus Fulton, 1902 Figs 7H , L13vi

Bulimulus compactus Fulton 1902: 69.

Bostryx compactus ; Breure 1979: 52.

Type locality.

"Chicani, Bolivia".

Label.

"Chicani Bolivia", in Fulton’s handwriting.

Dimensions.

"Alt. 16, maj. diam. 9 millim."; figured specimen herein H 15.8, D 7.62, W 6.0.

Type material.

NHMUK 1902.5.28.1, syntype (ex Fulton).

Remarks.

Fulton did not state on how many specimens his description was based; the specimen is therefore regarded as a syntype. The current systematic position follows Richardson (1995: 20).

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Bostryx compactus (Fulton, 1902).

Figures

Figure 7. Bostryx species. A Bostryx erosus (Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832), syntype NHMUK 20100612 (H = 22.9) B Bostryx scalariformis (Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832), probable syntype NHMUK 20100635 (H = 11.6) C Bostryx vilchezi Weyrauch, 1960, paratype NHMUK 1975468 (H = 8.2) D Bostryx rusticellus (Morelet, 1860), lectotype NHMUK 1893.2.4.201 (H = 19.9) E Bostryx guttatus (Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832), possible syntype NHMUK 20110175 (H = 22.0) F Bostryx pruinosus (Sowerby I, 1833), syntype NHMUK 1975544 (H = 13.48) G Bostryx reentsi (Philippi, 1851), syntype of Bulimus denickei J. E. Gray, 1852, NHMUK 1851.5.15.1 (H = 26.4) H Bostryx compactus (Fulton, 1902), syntype NHMUK 1902.5.28.1 (H = 15.8) I Bostryx albicans (Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832), possible syntype NHMUK 20100611 (H = 22.1) J Bostryx albus (Sowerby I, 1833), possible syntype NHMUK 1842.5.10.149 (H = 15.0). All enlarged.

Figure L 13. Labels. i Bulimus citronellus Angas, 1879 ii Bulimus clarus Pfeiffer, 1857 iii Bulimus clathratus Pfeiffer, 1858 iv Bulimus coagulatus Reeve, 1849 v Bulimus coarctatus Pfeiffer, 1845 vi Bulimulus compactus Fulton, 1902.