Bulimus odontostoma Sowerby I, 1824

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 : 19

Bulimus odontostoma Sowerby I, 1824 Figs 24A-D, 24i

Bulimus odontostoma Sowerby I 1824: 59, pl. 5 fig. 3.

Type locality.

[Brazil] "Rio de Janeiro".

Label.

“Brazil”, in a later hand. M.C. label style IV.

Dimensions.

"Axis 1 4/10, diam. 4/10 unc. [H 35.6, D 10.16 mm]"; specimen figured herein H 37.1, D 12.8, W 6.2.

Type material.

NHMUK 20100632, two possible syntypes (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

According to Sowerby, he had seen "A few specimens...". Since it is not unlikely that Sowerby made use of the Cuming collection to describe species ( Petit 2009), the specimens are considered possible syntpes.

Current systematic position.

Odontostomidae , Odontostomus gargantua ( Férussac, 1821).

Figures

Figure 24. Odontostomus species. A-D, i Odontostomus gargantua (Ferussac, 1821), possible syntype of Bulimus odontostomus Sowerby I, 1824 NHM 20100632 (H = 37.1) D detail of aperture E-H, ii Odontostomus grayanus (Pfeiffer, 1845), syntype NHM 20110387 (H = 34.1) H detail of aperture.