Bulimus falcicula 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 : 11

Bulimus falcicula Gassies, 1871 Figs 7B, 7ii

Bulimus falcicula Gassies 1871: 190.

Placostylus (Placostylus) falcicula (Gassies); Breure and Schouten 1985: 59.

Placostylus (Placostylus) fibratus fibratus (Martyn); Neubert et al. 2009: 50, fig. 15.

Type locality.

[New Caledonia] "Baie du Sud ( Nouvelle-Calédonie)”.

Label.

No locality label; taxon label in Gassies’ handwriting.

Dimensions.

"Long. 80 mill.; diam. maj. 40 mill."; specimen figured herein H 74.5, D 35.9, W 6.5.

Type material.

NHMUK 1883.11.10.1174, syntype, R.P. Lambert leg. (ex Gassies).

Remarks.

The taxon label is marked “T”, and the shell is marked with “245” on the last whorl.

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.