Drymaeus spadiceus da Costa, 1906

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 : 152

Drymaeus spadiceus da Costa, 1906 Figs 34D-F , L56i

Drymaeus spadiceus da Costa 1906b: 97, pl. 11 figs 2-3; Breure 1979: 114; Linares and Vera 2012: 190.

Type locality.

”Bogota”.

Label.

”Bogota”, in da Costa’s handwriting.

Dimensions.

"Long. 39, diam. 19 mm."; figured specimen herein H 37.3, D 19.8, W 6.3.

Type material.

NHMUK 1907.11.21.15, holotype (da Costa coll.).

Remarks.

da Costa described this species "from an unique specimen"; the specimen found is thus the holotype. The top of the specimen is slightly damaged and appears to be subadult.

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Drymaeus (Drymaeus) spadiceus da Costa, 1906.

Figures

Figure 34. Drymaeus species. A-C Drymaeus (Drymaeus) flexuosus (Pfeiffer, 1853), lectotype NHMUK 1975202 (H = 43.0) D-F Drymaeus (Drymaeus) spadiceus da Costa, 1906, holotype NHMUK 1907.11.21.15 (H = 37.3). All enlarged.

Figure L 56. Labels. i Drymaeus spadiceus da Costa, 1906 ii Bulimus spectatus Reeve, 1849 iii Bulimus spiculatus Morelet, 1860 iv Helix sporadica d'Orbigny, 1835 v Bulimus stenacme Pfeiffer, 1857.