Bulimus cretaceus Pfeiffer, 1855

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 : 44

Bulimus cretaceus Pfeiffer, 1855 Figs 65C-F , L15iii

Bulimus cretaceus Pfeiffer 1855g: 123; Breure 1979: 83.

Scutalus (Scutalus) cretaceus (Pfeiffer); Breure 1978: 166, figs 277-278, pl. 8 fig. 7 (lectotype designation).

Type locality.

"Eastern Islands [sic, see remarks] (Captain Keppell)".

Label.

"No locality but I / had the from Cap. Keppell / who got them in the / Eastern Islands but don’t / recollect", taxon label in Pfeiffer’s handwriting. M.C. label style IV.

Dimensions.

"Long. 36, diam. 18 mill."; figured specimen herein H 35.2, D 23.2, W 6.2.

Type material.

NHMUK 1975388, lectotype; 1975389, one paralectotype, ex Keppell (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

Pilsbry (1902 [1901-1902]: 141) was the first to recognize that this species was from Peru. The type locality is here restricted to Dept. Cajamarca, Río Jequetepeque, near Tembladera (restr. n.).

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Scutalus cretaceus (Pfeiffer, 1855).

Figures

Figure 65. Scutalus species. A-B Scutalus baroni (Fulton, 1896), lectotype NHMUK 1896.6.23.1 (H = 12.7) C-F Scutalus cretaceus (Pfeiffer, 1855) C-D lectotype NHMUK 1975388 (H = 35.2) E-F lectotype of Bulimulus (Drymaeus) baroni Fulton, 1897 NHMUK 1897.8.3.173 (H = 34.3) G Scutalus chiletensis Weyrauch, 1967, paratype NHMUK 1975384 (H = 34.2) H Scutalus grandiventris Weyrauch, 1960, paratype NHMUK 1975386 (H = 54.1) I-J Scutalus latecolumellaris Preston, 1909, lectotype NHMUK 1922.2.24.39 (H = 54.0). All enlarged.

Figure L 15. Labels. i Bulinus conspersus Sowerby I, 1833 ii Bulimus cotopaxiensis Pfeiffer, 1853 iii Bulimus cretaceus Pfeiffer, 1855 iv Bulinus crichtoni Broderip, 1836 v Helix culminea d'Orbigny, 1835.