Bulimus josephus Angas, 1878

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 : 80

Bulimus josephus Angas, 1878 Fig. L31iii

Bulimus josephus Angas 1878a: 72, pl. 5 figs 13-14; Breure 1979: 110.

Drymaeus (Drymaeus) josephus ; Thompson 2011: 108.

Type locality.

"San José, Costa Rica".

Label.

"in the low hills / Talamanca / Costa Rica".

Dimensions.

"Diam. 7 lines, alt. 16 [H 33.8 D 14.8 mm]"; figured specimen herein H 31.0, D 15.6, W 6.8.

Type material.

NHMUK 1879.7.22.16-18, three possible syntypes (ex Angas).

Remarks.

Angas did not mention on how many specimens his description was based, but mentioned "Mus. Boucard". The lot found consists of smaller specimens and are considered as possible syntypes. The current systematic position follows Thompson (2011).

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Drymaeus (Drymaeus) josephus (Angas, 1878).

Figures

Figure L 31. Labels. i Bulinus jacobi Sowerby I, 1833 ii Bulimus jonasi Pfeiffer in Philippi 1846 iii Bulimus josephus Angas, 1878 iv Bulimus juarezi Pfeiffer, 1866 v Bulimus jussieui Pfeiffer, 1846 vi Bulimus juvenilis Pfeiffer, 1855.