Bulimus lusorius 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 : 95

Bulimus lusorius Pfeiffer, 1855 Figs 17A-C , L36i

Bulimus lusorius Pfeiffer, 1855c: 291; Breure 1979: 121 (lectotype designation).

Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) lusorius ; Breure and Eskens 1981: 77, pl. 7 fig. 12.

Mesembrinus lusorius ; Simone 2006: 145, fig. 487.

Type locality.

"Banks of Amazon, Brazils".

Label.

"Brazil Banks of Ama[zon]", taxon label in Pfeiffer’s handwriting. M.C. label style I.

Dimensions.

"Long. 25, diam. 10 mill."; figured specimen herein H 24.4, D 10.84, W 5.9.

Type material.

NHMUK 1975543, lectotype (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

The shape of the shell, aperture and the colour pattern suggest in combination that this taxon belongs to Drymaeus s. str.

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Drymaeus (Drymaeus) lusorius (Pfeiffer, 1855) (comb. n.).

Figures

Figure 17. Drymaeus species. A-C Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) lusorius (Pfeiffer, 1855), lectotype NHMUK 1975543 (H = 24.4) D-E Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) hepatostomus (Pfeiffer, 1861), lectotype NHMUK 1975571 (H = 30.1) F-H Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) attenuatus (Pfeiffer, 1853), lectotype NHMUK 1975458 (H = 34.0) I-K Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) granadensis (Pfeiffer, 1848), lectotype of Bulimus feriatus Reeve, 1850, NHMUK 1975504 (H = 31.8) L-M Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) immaculatus (C. B. Adams in Reeve 1850), lectotype NHMUK 1975540 (H = 30.5). All enlarged.

Figure L 36. Labels. i Bulimus lusorius Pfeiffer, 1855 ii Bulimulus (Naesiotus) lycodus Dall, 1917 iii Bulimulus (Drymaeus) malleatus da Costa, 1898 iv Bulimus manupictus Reeve, 1848 v Bulimus marcidus Pfeiffer, 1853 vi Helix marmarina d'Orbigny, 1835.