Bulimus apertus 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 : 16-17

Bulimus apertus Pfeiffer, 1855 Figs 15D , L5iii

Bulimus apertus Pfeiffer in Dunker et al. 1855: 107.

Naesiotus apertus Breure 1979: 68 (lectotype designation).

Type locality.

”?”.

Label.

"Andes of Peru"; taxon name in Pfeiffer’s handwriting. M.C. label style I.

Dimensions.

"Long. 19, diam. 10 mill."; figured specimen herein H 18.1 D 9.23 W 6.5.

Type material.

NHMUK 1975317, lectotype (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

This is the first time a locality for this taxon is published; Bulimus apertus is now considered a junior subjective synonym of Bulimus orbignyi Pfeiffer, 1846 (syn. n.), whose type locality is ”Bolivia” (see under Bulimus orbignyi Pfeiffer). Any specific Peruvian locality for this taxon may likely be expected in one of the southern departments, close to the Bolivian border.

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Naesiotus orbignyi (Pfeiffer, 1846).

Figures

Figure 15. Naesiotus species. A-C Naesiotus quitensis (Pfeiffer, 1848) A lectotype NHMUK 1975320 (H = 26.5) B possible syntype of Bulimus irregularis Pfeiffer, 1848 NHMUK 20100564 (H = 18.8) C lectotype of Bulimus catlowiae Pfeiffer, 1853 NHMUK 1975414 (H = 25.1) D Naesiotus orbignyi (Pfeiffer, 1846), lectotype of Bulimus apertus Pfeiffer, 1855 NHMUK 1975317 (H = 18.1) E Naesiotus subcostatus chamayensis Weyrauch, 1967, paratype NHMUK 1975423 (H = 17.5) F-G Naesiotus cinereus (Reeve, 1849), lectotype NHMUK 20100519 (H = 15.5) G apical view of protoconch sculpture H-I Naesiotus crepundia (d'Orbigny, 1835), paralectotypes H NHMUK 1854.12.4.173 (H = 26.6) I NHMUK 1854.12.4.174 (H = 23.2) J Naesiotus montivagus (d'Orbigny, 1835), lectotype NHMUK 1854.12.4.170 (H = 20.5) K-L Naesiotus rocayanus (d'Orbigny, 1835), paralectotype NHMUK 1854.12.4.176 (H = 22.9) L apical view of protoconch sculpture. All enlarged.

Figure L 5. Labels. i Bulimus anthisanensis Pfeiffer, 1853 ii Bulimus antioquensis Pfeiffer, 1855 iii Bulimus apertus Pfeiffer in Dunker et al., 1855 iv Bulimulus apicepunctata Preston, 1914 v Bulimus apiculatus J. E. Gray, 1834 vi Helix apodemeta d'Orbigny, 1835.