Bulimus manupictus Reeve, 1848

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 : 96

Bulimus manupictus Reeve, 1848 Figs 21E , L36iv

Bulimus manupictus Reeve 1848 [1848-1850]: pl. 55 fig. 369; Breure 1979: 111 (lectotype designation).

Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) manupictus ; Breure and Eskens 1981: 77, pl. 7 fig. 7.

Type locality.

[Venezuela, Edo. Merida] "Andes of Columbia" (see remarks).

Label.

"Merida, Columb.". M.C. label style I, V.

Dimensions.

Not given; figured specimen herein H 33.3, D 14.24, W 6.1.

Type material.

NHMUK 1975522, lectotype (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

The label reveals that this is a species from the Venezuelan Andes region of Merida, for which in the beginning of the 19th century politically the name ‘Colombia’ has been applied. Contrary to a remark on a modern label from 1980s, this specimen fits the figure by Reeve. The top of the specimen is slightly damaged.

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) manupictus (Reeve, 1848).

Figures

Figure 21. Drymaeus species. A Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) aureolus (Guppy, 1866), syntype NHMUK 1866.1.3.8 (H = 23.2) B Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) mossi (E. A. Smith, 1896), holotype NHMUK 1912.5.11.1 (H = 21.8) C Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) imperfectus (Guppy, 1866), lectotype of Bulimulus (Drymaeus) trinitarius (E. A. Smith, 1896) NHMUK 1875.2.8.2 (H = 20.1) D Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) vincentinus (Pfeiffer, 1846), lectotype NHMUK 1975219 (H = 27.9) E Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) manupictus (Reeve, 1848), lectotype NHMUK 1975522 (H = 33.3) F Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) tenuilabris (Pfeiffer, 1866), lectotype NHMUK 1975338 (H = 30.2) G Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) subpellucidus (E. A. Smith, 1877), syntype NHMUK 1872.5.22.19 (H = 20.0) H Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) wintlei Finch, 1929, lectotype NHMUK 1929.6.11.1 (H = 21.7) I Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) pervariabilis (Pfeiffer, 1853), lectotype NHMUK 1975547 (H = 33.3) J Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) nigrofasciatus (Pfeiffer in Philippi 1846), lectotype NHMUK 1975542 (H = 23.5) K Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) tropicalis (Morelet, 1849), lectotype NHMUK 1893.2.4.210 (H = 27.5). All enlarged.

Figure L 36. Labels. i Bulimus lusorius Pfeiffer, 1855 ii Bulimulus (Naesiotus) lycodus Dall, 1917 iii Bulimulus (Drymaeus) malleatus da Costa, 1898 iv Bulimus manupictus Reeve, 1848 v Bulimus marcidus Pfeiffer, 1853 vi Helix marmarina d'Orbigny, 1835.