Bulimus schiedeanus Pfeiffer, 1841

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 : 146

Bulimus schiedeanus Pfeiffer, 1841 Figs 72D-F , L53vi

Bulimus schiedeanus Pfeiffer 1841: 43; Reeve 1848 [1848-1850]: pl. 54 fig. 361; Breure 1979: 77.

Type locality.

"Mejico (Dr. Schiede)".

Label.

”Mexico”, taxon label in Pfeiffer’s handwriting. M.C. label style IV.

Dimensions.

"Long. 16, diam. 9 lin. [H 34.8, D 19.6 mm]"; figured specimen herein H 28.4, D 16.0, W 6.2.

Type material.

NHMUK 1975240, three probable syntypes (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

Pfeiffer probably described this taxon from a specimen in his own collection, which is likely to be lost. The measurements given by Pfeiffer are thus interpreted as German lines. The specimens from Cuming’s collection also bear Pfeiffer’s handwriting and are probably the only extant ones that confirms his identification; they are considered as probable syntypes. The current systematic position follows Thompson (2011: 127).

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Rabdotus (Rabdotus) schiedeanus schiedeanus (Pfeiffer, 1841).

Figures

Figure 72. A-C Naesiotus rimatus (Pfeiffer, 1847), lectotype NHMUK 1975418 (H = 33.1) D-I Rabdotus species. D-F Rabdotus schiedeanus schiedeanus (Pfeiffer, 1841), probable syntype NHMUK 1975240 (H = 28.4) G-I Rabdotus sufflatus (Gould, 1859), syntype of Bulimus juarezi Pfeiffer, 1866 NHMUK 1975421 (H = 31.5). All enlarged.

Figure L 53. Labels. i Bulimus saccatus Pfeiffer, 1855 ii Bulimus (Leptomerus) sanctaeluciae E. A. Smith, 1889 iii Bulinus scabiosus Sowerby I, 1833 iv Bulimus scalaricosta Morelet, 1860 v Bulinus scalariformis Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832 vi Bulimus schiedeanus Pfeiffer, 1841.