Bulimulus (Drymaeus) tigrinus da Costa, 1898

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 : 160

Bulimulus (Drymaeus) tigrinus da Costa, 1898 Figs 36J-L , L60iv

Bulimulus (Drymaeus) tigrinus da Costa 1898: 82, pl. 6 fig. 6; Breure 1979: 115.

Drymaeus tigrinus ; Pilsbry 1898 [1897-1898]: 231, pl. 50 fig. 88;

Drymaeus (Drymaeus) tigrinus ; Breure and Borrero 2008: 23.

Type locality.

”Ecuador”.

Label.

”Equador”, in da Costa’s handwriting.

Dimensions.

"Long. 21, diam. 10 mm."; figured specimen herein H 20.8, D 9.96, W 6.3.

Type material.

NHMUK 1907.11.21.55, lectotype; 1907.11.21.56, one paralectotype (da Costa coll.).

Remarks.

da Costa did not state on how many specimens his description was based; the material was said to be from ”Buckley’s Coll.". The reference of Breure (1979) to "HT BMNH 1907.11.21.55" has to be interpreted as a lectotype designation under Art. 74.6 ICZN.

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Drymaeus (Drymaeus) tigrinus (da Costa, 1898).

Figures

Figure 36. Drymaeus species. A-C Drymaeus (Drymaeus) boucardi da Costa, 1907, holotype NHMUK 1907.11.21.26 (H = 26.9) D-F Drymaeus (Drymaeus) buckleyi (Sowerby III, 1895), lectotype NHMUK 1907.11.21.48 (H = 27.3) G-I Drymaeus (Drymaeus) castaneostrigatus da Costa, 1906, holotype NHMUK 1907.11.21.13 (H = 20.4) J-L Drymaeus (Drymaeus) tigrinus (da Costa, 1898), lectotype NHMUK 1907.11.21.55 (H = 20.8). All enlarged.

Figure L 60. Labels. i Bulimus terebralis Pfeiffer, 1842 ii Helix thamnoica d'Orbigny, 1835 iii Helix torallyi d'Orbigny, 1835 iv Bulimulus (Drymaeus) tigrinus da Costa, 1898 v Bulimus transparens Reeve, 1849 vi Helix trichoda d'Orbigny, 1835.