Bulimulus (Drymaeus) nubilus Preston, 1903

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 : 109-110

Bulimulus (Drymaeus) nubilus Preston, 1903 Figs 54J-K , L42i

Bulimulus (Drymaeus) nubilus Preston 1903: 4, text-fig.; Breure 1979: 112.

Type locality.

"Azarhar de Cartago, Costa Rica".

Label.

"Azarhar de Cartago, / Costa Rica".

Dimensions.

"Diam. maj. 10.5, alt. 25 millim."; figured specimen herein H 22.3, D 10.45, W 6.2.

Type material.

NHMUK 1903.5.4.1, lectotype (ex Preston).

Remarks.

Preston did not mention on how many specimens his description was based. The single specimen in the NHMUK is not accompanied by a label in Preston’s handwriting, but its type status is here not disputed as the specimen originates from Preston. The record of Breure (1979) of "HT 1903.5.4.1" has to be interpreted as a lectotype designation under Art. 74.6 ICZN. The current systematic position follows ( Richardson 1995: 170).

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) recluzianus (Pfeiffer, 1847).

Figures

Figure 54. Drymaeus species. A-B Drymaeus (Drymaeus) expansus perenensis da Costa, 1901, lectotype NHMUK 1907.11.21.39 (H = 45.8) C-D Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) ghiesbreghti iodostylus (Pfeiffer, 1861), syntype NHMUK 1975568 (H = 32.2) E Drymaeus (Drymaeus) trujillensis (Philippi, 1867), possible syntype of Bulimus (Otostomus) lamas Higgins, 1868 NHMUK 1868.4.3.3 (H = 29.2) F Drymaeus (Drymaeus) rubrovariegatus (Higgins, 1868), possible syntype NHMUK 1868.4.3.1 (H = 32.8) G Drymaeus (Drymaeus) pergracilis (Rolle, 1904), lectotype NHMUK 1922.2.3.33 (H = 33.2) H Drymaeus (Drymaeus) ponsonbyi da Costa, 1907, holotype NHMUK 1907.11.21.27 (H = 33.5) I Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) moritinctus (Martens, 1893), lectotype NHMUK 1901.6.22.841 (H = 25.2) J-K Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) recluzianus (Pfeiffer, 1847), lectotype of Bulimulus (Drymaeus) nubilus Preston, 1903 NHMUK 1903.5.4.1 (H = 22.3) L-M Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) oreades (d'Orbigny, 1835) L sculpture on ultimate whorl M lectotype NHMUK 1854.121.4.161 (H = 31.6). All enlarged.

Figure L 42. Labels. i Bulimulus (Drymaeus) nubilus Preston, 1903 ii Bulimus nucinus Reeve, 1850 iii Bulimus nucula Pfeiffer, 1853 iv Bulinus nux Broderip, 1832 v Bulimus nystianus Pfeiffer, 1853 vi Drymaeus obliquistriatus da Costa, 1901 vii Bulimus (Drymaeus) ochrocheilus E. A. Smith, 1877 viii Bulimus ochraceus Morelet, 1863.