Bulimus (Leptomerus) sanctaeluciae E.A. Smith, 1889

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 : 144-145

Bulimus (Leptomerus) sanctaeluciae E.A. Smith, 1889 Figs 53D-E , L53ii

Bulimus (Leptomerus) sanctaeluciae E.A. Smith 1889: 403; Breure 1979: 71.

Naesiotus sanctaeluciae ; Breure 1975a: 82, pl. 7 fig. 7 (lectotype designation).

Type locality.

[West Indies] "[St. Lucia]" (see remarks).

Label.

"St. Lucia / Fonds St Jacques".

Dimensions.

"Longit. 21 millim., lat. 9"; figured specimen herein H 20.7, D 9.5, W 7.3.

Type material.

NHMUK 1889.3.23.12, lectotype, G.A. Ramage leg.

Remarks.

Smith (1889) reported on shells from Dominica and St. Lucia; those from the latter island were marked with an asterisk. He did not mention details on the locality for this taxon, nor on the number of specimens examined. Therefore, the reference of Breure (1975) to "holotype: BMNH" has to be interpreted as a lectotype designation under Art. 74.6 ICZN. The periostracum behind the lip of the type specimen has begun to peel off. The current systematic position takes into account the results of Breure and Romero (2012); this taxon is now placed in the genus Protoglyptus Pilsbry, 1897.

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Protoglyptus sanctaeluciae (E.A. Smith, 1889) (comb. n.).

Figures

Figure 53. Drymaeus species. A-C Drymaeus (Drymaeus) lilacinus lilacinus (Reeve, 1849), probably syntype NHMUK 20100520 (H = 45.5) D-F Drymaeus (Drymaeus) lilacinus jansoni (Martens, 1893), lectotype NHMUK 1901.6.22.951 (H = 45.7) G-I Drymaeus (Drymaeus) malleatus (da Costa, 1898), holotype NHMUK 1907.11.21.130 (H = 34.5). All enlarged.

Figure L 53. Labels. i Bulimus saccatus Pfeiffer, 1855 ii Bulimus (Leptomerus) sanctaeluciae E. A. Smith, 1889 iii Bulinus scabiosus Sowerby I, 1833 iv Bulimus scalaricosta Morelet, 1860 v Bulinus scalariformis Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832 vi Bulimus schiedeanus Pfeiffer, 1841.