Succinea reflexa Pfeiffer, 1842

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 : 20-21

Succinea reflexa Pfeiffer, 1842 Figs 5E-F, 5ii

Succinea reflexa Pfeiffer 1842: 56.

Plectostylus reflexus (Pfeiffer); Breure 1978: 202 (lectotype designation).

Type locality.

"Pichidanque prope Coquimbo, Chile".

Label.

"Pichidanque near / Coquimbo, Chili". M.C. label style IV.

Dimensions.

"Long. 39, diam. 17 mill."; lectotype H 36.9, D 15.5, W 5.3.

Type material.

NHMUK 1975358, lectotype; 1975359, three paralectotypes (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

The original label states "found on the leaves / of Pourretia Coarctata" [= Puya chilensis (Molina, 1782)]. This taxon is now considered a junior subjective synonym of Bulinus broderipii Sowerby I, 1832 (F. Cádiz, unpublished data).

Current systematic position.

Bothriembryontidae, Plectostylus broderipii (Sowerby I, 1832) (synon. n.).

Figures

Figure 5. Plectostylus species. A-B, i Plectostylus punctulifer (Sowerby I, 1833), syntype NHM 1975171 (H = 46.5) C-F Plectostylus broderipii (Sowerby I, 1832) C-D, iii Lectotype of Bulimus variegatus Pfeiffer, 1842 NHM 1975362 (H = 46.0) E-F, ii Lectotype of Bulimus reflexus Pfeiffer, 1842 NHM 12975358 (H = 36.9).