Helix (Xenothauma) baroni Fulton, 1896

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 : 23

Helix (Xenothauma) baroni Fulton, 1896 Figs 65A-B , L8iii

Helix (Xenothauma) baroni Fulton 1896: 101, pl. 6 figs 7-7b; Breure 1979: 83; Neubert and Janssen 2004: 201, pl. 11 fig. 135.

Bulimulus baroni ; Pilsbry 1898 [1897-1898]: 172, pl. 25 figs 64-66.

Scutalus (Scutalus) baroni ; Breure 1978: 164 (lectotype designation); Köhler 2007: 147, fig. 61.

Type locality.

[Peru, Dept. Cajamarca] "Rio Yonan, Peru, 4000 feet (C.T. Baron)".

Label.

"Rio Yonan, Peru, 4000' / C.T. Baron", in Fulton’s handwriting.

Dimensions.

"Height 12 millim., maj. diam. 30 millim."; figured specimen herein H 12.7, D 29.3, W 4.6.

Type material.

NHMUK 1896.6.23.1, lectotype; 1896.6.23.2, one paralectotype, Baron leg. (ex Fulton).

Remarks.

Fulton did not mention on how many specimens his description was based. From Neubert and Janssen (2004: 201) it may be concluded that the type series was distributed to various museums. "Rio Yonan" is the local name of Rio Jequetepeque at the village of Yonan, near Tembladera (V. Mogollón, pers. commun.).

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Scutalus baroni (Fulton, 1896).

Figures

Figure 65. Scutalus species. A-B Scutalus baroni (Fulton, 1896), lectotype NHMUK 1896.6.23.1 (H = 12.7) C-F Scutalus cretaceus (Pfeiffer, 1855) C-D lectotype NHMUK 1975388 (H = 35.2) E-F lectotype of Bulimulus (Drymaeus) baroni Fulton, 1897 NHMUK 1897.8.3.173 (H = 34.3) G Scutalus chiletensis Weyrauch, 1967, paratype NHMUK 1975384 (H = 34.2) H Scutalus grandiventris Weyrauch, 1960, paratype NHMUK 1975386 (H = 54.1) I-J Scutalus latecolumellaris Preston, 1909, lectotype NHMUK 1922.2.24.39 (H = 54.0). All enlarged.

Figure L 8. Labels. i Bulimus barbadensis Pfeiffer, 1853 ii Bulimulus (Drymaeus) baroni Fulton, 1897 iii Helix (Xenothauma) baroni Fulton, 1896 iv Otostomus bartletti H. Adams, 1867 v Drymaeus bellus da Costa, 1906.