Limnaeus cumingi, Pfeiffer, 1845

Vinarski, Maxim V., 2016, Annotated type catalogue of lymnaeid snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the collection of the Natural History Museum, Berlin, Zoosystematics and Evolution 92 (1), pp. 131-152 : 133-134

Taxon classification Animalia Hygrophila Lymnaeidae

cumingiana (cumingi) Pfeiffer, 1845 Fig. 13

Amphipeplea cumingiana Pfeiffer 1845: 68.

Amphipeplea cumingi Pfeiffer 1854-1860: 5, pl. II, figs 3-4.

Lymnaea cumingiana Hubendick 1951: 162, fig. 355.

Type material.

Two probable syntypes from Luzon Island kept under No. 109771. leg. Dunker ex coll. Pfeiffer. Another probable syntype from the same island is under No. 109772. The largest of these specimens is 26.1 mm height. The labels bear no information about the nomenclatorial status of the shells, and their identification as probable syntypes may be questioned. The species name on the labels is spelled as " Amphipeplea cumingi " (see Remark below).

Type locality.

Philippines, island of Luzon, Naga, province of South Camerines. leg. Cuming.

Current taxonomic allocation.

Bullastra cumingiana .

Remark.

Originally, Pfeiffer (1845) described this species as Amphipeplea cumingiana but later he re-named it Amphipeplea cumingi .