Bulimus senilis Gassies, 1869

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Ablett, Jonathan D., 2015, Annotated type catalogue of the Megaspiridae, Orthalicidae, and Simpulopsidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 470, pp. 17-143 : 57

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scientific name	Bulimus senilis Gassies, 1869
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Treatment

Bulimus senilis Gassies 1869: 71.

Placostylus senilis ; Neubeurt et al. 2009: 110, fig. 18 (lectotype designation).

Type locality.

[New Caledonia] "Baie du Sud (Nov. Cal.)" (see remarks).

Label.

"New Caledonia".

Dimensions.

"Long. 129 mill., diam. maj. 65". Figured specimen H 126.1, D 56.3, W 7.0.

Type material.

NHMUK 1883.11.10.1179, one paralectotype ex Sowerby ex Gassies.

Remarks.

Neubert et al. (2009) suggested that the type locality may be erroneous as this taxon is only known from Ile des Pins and Koutoumo. See also their discussion on the variation within this species and consider their general remark that this species is "either recently extinct and/or represent morphological variations of extant taxa". The lectotype selected by Neubert et al. (2009) is MNHN 21367.

Current systematic position.

Bothriembryontidae , Placostylus senilis (Gassies, 1869).

References

Gassies, JB, 1869. Descriptions d'especes nouvelles de la Nouvelle-Caledonie. Journal de Conchyliologie 17: 71 - 78

Neubert, E, Cherel-Mora, C, Bouchet, P, 2009. Polytypy, clines, and fragmentation: The bulimus of New Caledonia revisited (Pulmonata, Orthalicoidea, Placostylidae). In: Grandcolas, P, Ed., Zoologia Neocaledonica 7. Biodiversity studies in New Caledonia. Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle 198: 37 - 131