Bulimus moussoni Pfeiffer, 1853

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 : 103

Bulimus moussoni Pfeiffer, 1853 Figs 23L , L39ii

Bulimus moussoni Pfeiffer 1853a: 147; Breure 1979: 121 (lectotype designation).

Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) moussoni ; Breure and Eskens 1981: 78.

Type locality.

"St. Domingo ( Sallé)”.

Label.

”Haiti”, taxon label in Pfeiffer’s handwriting. M.C. label style III.

Dimensions.

"Long. 26, diam. 12 mill."; figured specimen herein H 26.0, D 12.9, W 6.2.

Type material.

NHMUK 1975210, lectotype; 1975211, two paralectotypes, Sallé leg. (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

Pfeiffer did not state on how many specimens his description was based. The published type locality could be interpreted as located in the Dominican Republic, while the label indicates Haiti; he did, however, mention Sallé as collector.

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) moussoni (Pfeiffer, 1853).

Figures

Figure 23. Drymaeus species. A Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) andicola (Pfeiffer, 1847), lectotype NHMUK 1975315 (H = 24.1) B Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) elongatus (Roeding, 1789), holotype of Bulimus apiculata J. E. Gray, 1834 NHMUK 1982297 (H = 20.2) C Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) ziegleri (Pfeiffer, 1847), syntype of Bulimus californicus Reeve, 1848 NHMUK 1975136 (H = 25.9) D Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) discrepans (Sowerby I, 1833), syntype NHMUK 1975181 (H = 20.7) E Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) emeus (Say, 1830), paralectotype of Otostomus emeus hypozonus Martens, 1893 NHMUK 1901.6.22.794 (H = 19.3) F Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) monilifer (Reeve, 1848), lectotype NHMUK 1975403 (H = 26.3) G-H Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) fidustus (Reeve, 1849), lectotype NHMUK 1975517 (H = 22.5) I Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) binominis (E. A. Smith, 1895), lectotype of Bulimulus (Drymaeus) binominis lascellianus E. A. Smith, 1895 NHMUK 1895.9.10.1 (H = 22.1) J-K Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) apicepunctata (Preston, 1914), holotype NHMUK 1915.1.6.23 (H = 17.5) L Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) moussoni (Pfeiffer, 1853), lectotype NHMUK 1975211 (H = 26.0) M Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) cactivorus (Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832), possible syntype of Bulinus nitidus Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832 NHMUK 1975551 (H = 28.8) N Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) sp., possible syntype of Bulimus sowerbyi Pfeiffer, 1847 [nomen inquirendum] NHMUK 20100566 (H = 21.7) O Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) sulcosus (Pfeiffer, 1841), possible syntype NHMUK 20110084 (H = 37.0). All enlarged.

Figure L 39. Labels. i Otostomus moritinctus Martens, 1893 ii Bulimus moussoni Pfeiffer, 1853 iii Bulimus muliebris Reeve, 1849 iv Bulimulus (Drymaeus) mossi E. A. Smith, 1896 v Bulimus munsterii d'Orbigny, 1837 vi Drymaeus multispira da Costa 1904 vii Bulimus musivus Pfeiffer, 1855.