Bulimus asopeus Gassies, 1871

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 : 4

Bulimus asopeus Gassies, 1871 Figs 7E, 7v

Bulimus asopeus Gassies 1871: 87; Breure and Schouten 1985: 66; Neubert et al. 2009: 51, 54, fig. 18.

Type locality.

[New Caledonia] "Ile des Pins, sud de la Nouvelle-Calédonie”.

Label.

No information given. The specimen is marked by Gassies with “T” on the ventral side of the last whorl.

Dimensions.

"Long. 50 mill.; diam. maj. 34"; holotype H 49.7, D 35.1, W 6.5.

Type material.

NHMUK 1883.11.10.1173, holotype, R.P. Lambert leg. (ex Gassies).

Remarks.

The specimen is a monstrosity and was classified as Placostylus fibratus fibratus (Martyn, 1784) in a recent revision by Neubert et al. (2009).

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.