Bulimus ouensis Gassies, 1870

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Ablett, Jonathan D., 2012, Annotated type catalogue of the Bothriembryontidae and Odontostomidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 182, pp. 1-70 : 19

Bulimus ouensis Gassies, 1870 Figs 7D, 7iv

Bulimus ouensis Gassies 1870: 142.

Placostylus (Placostylus) fibratus (Martyn); Breure and Schouten 1985: 60.

Placostylus fibratus fibratus (Martyn); Neubert et al. 2009: 50, fig. 10.

Type locality.

"Insula Ouen, Novae Caledoniae".

Label.

Only a taxon label is present, with the name written in Gassies’ handwriting and marked “T”.

Dimensions.

"Long. 86, diam. maj. 41 mill."; holotype H 83.7, D 40.7, W 7.3.

Type material.

NHMUK 1883.11.10.1176, holotype (ex Gassies).

Remarks.

The specimen is marked “T” on the last whorl beside the aperture. Gassies (1870) mentioned that he had seen only one specimen.

Current systematic position.

Bothriembryontidae, Placostylus fibratus fibratus (Martyn, 1784).

Figures

Figure 7. Placostylus fibratus fibratus (Martyn, 1784). A, i Bulimus bairdii Reeve, 1848, lectotype NHM 1975223 (H = 78.1) B, ii Bulimus falcicula Gassies, 1871, syntype NHM 1883.11.10. (H = 74.5) C, iii Bulimus superfasciatus Gassies, 1871, syntype NHM 1883.11.10.1167 (H = 77.1) D, iv Bulimus ouensis Gassies, 1870, holotype NHM 1883.11.10.1176 (H = 83.7) E, v Bulimus asopeus Gassies, 1871, holotype NHM 1883.11.10.1173 (H = 49.7) F, vi Bulimus bulbulus Gassies, 1871, syntype NHM 1883.11.10.223 (H = 4.13). All reduced in size.