Bulinus proteus Broderip, 1832

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 : 130

Bulinus proteus Broderip, 1832 Figs 66A-B , L49i

Bulinus proteus Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832: 107; Sowerby I 1833 [ Sowerby I and II 1832-1841]: figs 14-14c;

Bulimus sordidus Lesson; Reeve 1848 [1848-1850]: pl. 17 fig. 100c; Pilsbry 1897 [1897-1898]: 13, pl. 1 fig. 2.

Type locality.

"in Peruviae montibus. (St. Jacinta, near Samanca)".

Label.

”Peru”. M.C. label style I.

Dimensions.

"long. 1 8/9, lat. 1 2/10 poll. [H 47.8, D 30.4 mm]"; figured specimen herein H 44.1, D 24.1, W 6.8.

Type material.

NHMUK 20100638, lectotype and three paralectotypes (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

Broderip described this taxon and three varieties from the Cuming collection; they were figured by Sowerby ( Sowerby I and II 1832-1841). The two lots found represent Bulinus proteus and one variety. Reeve 1848 [1848-1850]: pl. 17 fig. 100 named this taxon as Bulimus sordidus (Lesson, 1826), but stated "The name given to this species by Mr. Broderip is a far more appropriate one (...) it is to Mr. Cuming that we are mainly indebted for the beautiful varieties obtained in different parts of Peru". He also corrected this in the text related to Reeve 1849 [1848-1850]: pl. 59 fig. 401. A specimen corresponding to the dimensions given by Broderip could not be located in the material. One of the specimens, however, corresponds to Sowerby’s figure 14c and is here designated lectotype (design.n.) to fixate the nominal taxon.

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Scutalus proteus (Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832).

Figures

Figure 66. A-D Scutalus species. A-B Scutalus proteus Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832, lectotype NHMUK 20100638 (H = 44.1) C-E Scutalus versicolor versicolor (Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832) C-D possible syntype NHMUK 20100637 (H = 29.6) E lectotype of Bulimus coagulatus Reeve 1849 NHMUK 1975351 (H = 15.6) F-P Kuschelenia species. F-N Kuschelenia (Kuschelenia) culminea culminea (d'Orbigny, 1835) F-H paralectotype NHMUK 1854.12.4.198 (H = 31.2) I-K lectotype of Bulimus confusus Reeve, 1848 NHMUK 1975194 (H = 29.0) L-N lectotype of Bulimus jussieui Pfeiffer, 1846 NHMUK 1975170 (H = 31.6) O-P Kuschelenia (Kuschelenia) bicolor (Sowerby I, 1835), lectotype NHMUK 1975151 (H = 23.6). All enlarged.

Figure L 49. Labels. i Bulinus proteus Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832 ii Drymaeus pseudofusoides da Costa, 1906 iii Bulimus puellaris Reeve, 1850 iv Bulimus ptychostylus Pfeiffer, 1858 v Otostomus pulcherrimus H. Adams, 1867.