Helix heloica d'Orbigny , 1835

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 : 69

Helix heloica d'Orbigny, 1835 Figs 62E-F , L26v

Helix heloica d’Orbigny 1835: 11.

Bulimus heloicus ; d’Orbigny 1837 [1834-1847]: 272, pl. 30 figs 9-11 [3 April 1837; text 23 April 1838].

Bulimulus (Lissoacme) heloicus ; Pilsbry 1896 [1895-1896]: 193, pl. 51 figs 12-13.

Type locality.

[Bolivia] "provincia Chiquitensi, republica Boliviana".

Label.

"Sn Xavier de Chiquitos Bolivia", label in d’Orbigny’s handwriting.

Dimensions.

"Longit. 28 millim., diam. 6 millim."; figured specimen herein H 25.6, D 12.0, W 6.8.

Type material.

NHMUK 1854.12.4.164, five syntypes ( d’Orbigny coll.).

Remarks.

d’Orbigny (1835) did not state on how many specimens his description was based; the type locality was specified in d’Orbigny 1838 [1834-1847]: 273 as ”près de la Mission de Bibosi, province de Santa-Cruz de la Sierra, et dans la partie orientaler de l’immense fôret (Monte grande) qui sépare Santa-Cruz de la province de Chiquitos, non loin du lieu nommé Potrero de la Cruz". The locality on the label probably refers to San Javier, Dept. Santa Cruz in Bolivia; see Breure 1973: 119, 127. The protoconch sculpture suggests that this taxon belongs to Bulimulus Leach, 1814.

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Bulimulus heloicus ( d’Orbigny, 1835) (comb. n.).

Figures

Figure 62. Bulimulus species. A-B Bulimulus effeminatus (Reeve, 1848), lectotype NHMUK 1975508 (H = 31.1) C-D Bulimulus gelidus (Reeve, 1849) [nomen inquirendum], lectotype NHMUK 1975402 (H = 32.5) E-F Bulimulus heloicus (d'Orbigny, 1835), syntype NHMUK 1854.12.4.164 (H = 25.6) G-H Bulimulus inutilis (Reeve, 1850), lectotype NHMUK 1975162 (H = 16.5) I-J Bulimulus unicolor (Sowerby I, 1833), lectotype of Bulimus ignavus Reeve, 1849 (H = 17.1) K-L Bulimulus dysoni (Pfeiffer, 1846), syntype NHMUK 1975453 (H = 19.2). All enlarged.

Figure L 26. Labels. i Bulinus guttatus Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832 ii Bulimus hachensis Reeve, 1850 iii Bulimus hamiltoni Reeve, 1849 iv Bulimus haplochrous Pfeiffer, 1855 v Helix heloica d'Orbigny, 1835 vi Bulimulus (Drymaeus) hidalgoi da Costa, 1898 vii Bulimus hepatostomus Pfeiffer, 1861 viii Bulimus holostoma Pfeiffer, 1846.