Bulimus gayi Pfeiffer, 1857

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 : 64-65

Bulimus gayi Pfeiffer, 1857 Figs 67E-F , 67M , L25i

Bulimus gayi Pfeiffer 1857d: 389; Breure 1979: 88.

Scutalus (Kuschelenia) gayi ; Breure 1978: 177 (lectotype designation).

Type locality.

”Bolivia”.

Label.

”Bolivia”, taxon label in Pfeiffer’s handwriting. M.C. label style IV.

Dimensions.

"Long. 27, diam. 16 mill."; figured specimen herein H 27.7, D 16.2, W 5.8.

Type material.

NHMUK 1975382, lectotype; 1975383, one paralectotype (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

This taxon is now transferred to the genus Kuschelenia Hylton Scott, 1952.

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Kuschelenia (Kuschelenia) gayi (Pfeiffer, 1857) (comb. n.).

Figures

Figure 67. Kuschelenia species. A-B, K Kuschelenia (Kuschelenia) culminea culminea (d'Orbigny, 1835), paralectotype of Helix lithoica d'Orbigny, 1835 NHMUK 1854.12.4.197 (H = 34.3) C-D, L Kuschelenia (Kuschelenia) culminea edwardsi (Morelet, 1863), syntype NHMUK 1893.2.4.177 (H = 25.4) E-G, M Kuschelenia (Kuschelenia) gayi (Pfeiffer, 1857) E-F lectotype NHMUK 1975382 (H = 27.7) G syntype of Helix thamnoica var. C d'Orbigny, 1835 NHMUK 1854.12.4.110 (H = 32.2) H-J Kuschelenia (Kuschelenia) bicolor (Sowerby I, 1835) H-I lectotype resp. paralectotype of Helix polymorpha d'Orbigny, 1835 NHMUK 1854.12.4.199 (H = 23.6 resp. 21.2) J possible syntype of Bulinus badius Sowerby I 1835 NHMUK 20100631 (H = 25.8). All enlarged.

Figure L 25. Labels. i Bulimus gayi Pfeiffer, 1857 ii Bulimus gelidus Reeve, 1849 iii Bulimus (Mesembrinus) gealei H. Adams, 1867 iv Bulimus geometricus Pfeiffer, 1846 v Bulimus columbiensis Pfeiffer, 1855 = Bulimus gratus Pfeiffer, 1856 vi Bulimus gueinzii Pfeiffer, 1857 vii Bulimus gruneri Pfeiffer, 1846.