Bulimus edwardsianus Gassies, 1863

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Ablett, Jonathan D., 2012, Annotated type catalogue of the Bothriembryontidae and Odontostomidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 182, pp. 1-70 : 10

Bulimus edwardsianus Gassies, 1863 Figs 9F, 9vi

Bulimus edwardsianus Gassies 1863: 40, pl. 4 fig. 2; Breure and Schouten 1985: 60.

Placostylus caledonicus (Petit); Neubert et al. 2009: 104, fig. 171.

Type locality.

[New Caledonia] “Nékété, Kanala, l’île Nu, l’île Pôt”.

Label.

“Nékété”, taxon label in Gassies’ handwriting, marked “T”.

Dimensions.

"Long. 80 mill.-Diam. maj. 34 mill."; specimen figured herein H 72.0, D 36.5, W 6.7.

Type material.

NHMUK 1883.11.10.1172, one possible syntype (ex Gassies ex Marie).

Remarks.

Neubert et al. (2009) consider this specimen a possible syntype; it is not the originally figured specimen.

Current systematic position.

Bothriembryontidae, Placostylus caledonicus (Petit de la Saussaye, 1845).

Figures

Figure 9. Placostylus species. A, i Placostylus fibratus goroensis (Souverbie in Souverbie and Montrouzier, 1870), syntype of Bulimus fibratus grammica Crosse, 1870 NHM 1929.9.14.15 (H = 111.3) B, ii Placostylus fibratus souvillei (Morelet, 1857), lectotype NHM 1893.2.4.1529 (H = 116.5) C, iii Placostylus porphyrostomus porphyrostomus (Pfeiffer, 1851), holotype of Bulimus singularis Morelet, 1857 NHM 1893.2.4.1530 (H = 70.0) D, iv Placostylus eddystonensis eddystonensis (Pfeiffer, 1855), lectotype NHM 1975230 (H = 73.3) E, v Placostylus eddystonensis savesi (Crosse, 1886), holotype NHM 1929.9.14.7 (H = 57.5) F, vi Placostylus caledonicus (Petit de la Saussaye, 1845), possible syntype of Bulimus edwardsianus Gassies, 1863 NHM 1883.11.10.1172 (H = 72.0). All reduced in size.