Bulimus (Mesembrinus) gealei H. Adams, 1867

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 : 65

Bulimus (Mesembrinus) gealei H. Adams, 1867 Figs 51G-I , L25iii

Bulimus (Mesembrinus) gealei H. Adams 1867b: 309, pl. 19 fig. 21.

Type locality.

"Mexico. Collected by Mr. Boucard".

Label.

”Mexico”.

Dimensions.

"Long. 29, diam. 14 mill."; figured specimen herein H 26.4, D 13.4, W 6+.

Type material.

NHMUK 1867.1.9.20, lectotype and two paralectotypes; 1867.1.9.21, three paralectotypes, ex Geale.

Remarks.

One of the specimens corresponds to Adams 1867b: pl. 19 fig. 21 and is here selected lectotype (design. n.) to fixate this taxon; it has the top whorls slightly damaged. According to the register the specimens were purchased from Mr R. Geale; the label does not mention the name Boucard. Köhler (2007: 145, fig. 90) selected a lectotype (ZMB 4457a) for the senior subjective synonym Bulimulus (Scutalus) fenestrellus Martens, 1864.

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Drymaeus (Drymaeus) fenestrellus (Martens, 1864).

Figures

Figure 51. Drymaeus species. A-C Drymaeus (Drymaeus) expatriatus (Preston, 1909), lectotype NHMUK 1975201 (H = 28.1) D-F Drymaeus (Drymaeus) trigonostomus (Jonas, 1844), possible syntype of Bulimus knorri Pfeiffer, in Philippi, 1846 NHMUK 20100654 (H = 34.1) G-I Drymaeus (Drymaeus) fenestrellus (Martens, 1864), lectotype of Bulimus (Mesembrinus) geali H. Adams, 1867 NHMUK 1867.1.9.20 (H = 26.4) J-L Drymaeus (Drymaeus) fenestratus (Pfeiffer, 1846), lectotype NHMUK 1975525 (H = 44.0). 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.