Bulimus adoptus Reeve, 1849

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Ablett, Jonathan D., 2011, Annotated type catalogue of the Amphibulimidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 138, pp. 1-52 : 13

Bulimus adoptus Reeve, 1849 Figs 7A-B, 7i

Bulimus adoptus Reeve 1849 [1848-1850]: pl. 82 fig. 608.

Type locality.

"Banks of the Orinoco".

Label.

“Venezuela”. M.C. label type V.

Dimensions.

Not given; lectotype H 83.3, D 42.8, W 5.6.

Type material.

NHM 20100517.1-3, lectotype and two paralectotypes (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

The specimen figured by Reeve has been traced in the collection and is here designated lectotype (design. n.). The specimen has been damaged several times during life-time and the shell is slightly deformed. The synonymisation of this taxon with Dryptus funckii (Nyst, 1843) by Pilsbry (1895 [1895-1896]) is here tentatively retained.

Current systematic position.

Amphibulimidae , Dryptus funckii (Nyst, 1843).

Figures

Figure 7. Dryptus species. A-B, i Dryptus marmoratus (Dunker, 1844), lectotype of Bulimus adoptus Reeve, 1849 NHM 20100517 (H = 83.3) C-D, ii Dryptus gueirini (Pfeiffer, 1846), lectotype NHM 1975272 (H = 41.0).