Bulimus apiculatus J.E. Gray, 1834

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 : 17-18

Bulimus apiculatus J.E. Gray, 1834 Figs 23B , L5v

Bulimus apiculatus J.E. Gray 1834: 66; Breure 1979: 117.

Type locality.

Not given.

Label.

No locality given.

Dimensions.

"Axis 10, diam. 4 1/4 lin." [H 21.1, D 9.0 mm]; figured specimen herein H 20.2, D 9.5, W 6.2.

Type material.

NHMUK 1982297, holotype (see remarks).

Remarks.

Gray (1834) refers to the type material as "This shell...", which may imply that he had only one specimen at hand. It is a juvenile shell, with the lip damaged. The taxon was considered to be a junior subjective synonym of Helix elongata Röding, 1789 by Pilsbry (1899: 25), with which we concur.

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) elongatus ( Röding, 1789).

Figures

Figure 23. Drymaeus species. A Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) andicola (Pfeiffer, 1847), lectotype NHMUK 1975315 (H = 24.1) B Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) elongatus (Roeding, 1789), holotype of Bulimus apiculata J. E. Gray, 1834 NHMUK 1982297 (H = 20.2) C Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) ziegleri (Pfeiffer, 1847), syntype of Bulimus californicus Reeve, 1848 NHMUK 1975136 (H = 25.9) D Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) discrepans (Sowerby I, 1833), syntype NHMUK 1975181 (H = 20.7) E Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) emeus (Say, 1830), paralectotype of Otostomus emeus hypozonus Martens, 1893 NHMUK 1901.6.22.794 (H = 19.3) F Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) monilifer (Reeve, 1848), lectotype NHMUK 1975403 (H = 26.3) G-H Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) fidustus (Reeve, 1849), lectotype NHMUK 1975517 (H = 22.5) I Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) binominis (E. A. Smith, 1895), lectotype of Bulimulus (Drymaeus) binominis lascellianus E. A. Smith, 1895 NHMUK 1895.9.10.1 (H = 22.1) J-K Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) apicepunctata (Preston, 1914), holotype NHMUK 1915.1.6.23 (H = 17.5) L Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) moussoni (Pfeiffer, 1853), lectotype NHMUK 1975211 (H = 26.0) M Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) cactivorus (Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832), possible syntype of Bulinus nitidus Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832 NHMUK 1975551 (H = 28.8) N Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) sp., possible syntype of Bulimus sowerbyi Pfeiffer, 1847 [nomen inquirendum] NHMUK 20100566 (H = 21.7) O Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) sulcosus (Pfeiffer, 1841), possible syntype NHMUK 20110084 (H = 37.0). All enlarged.

Figure L 5. Labels. i Bulimus anthisanensis Pfeiffer, 1853 ii Bulimus antioquensis Pfeiffer, 1855 iii Bulimus apertus Pfeiffer in Dunker et al., 1855 iv Bulimulus apicepunctata Preston, 1914 v Bulimus apiculatus J. E. Gray, 1834 vi Helix apodemeta d'Orbigny, 1835.