Bulimus cuticula Pfeiffer, 1855

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 : 46

Bulimus cuticula Pfeiffer, 1855 Figs 42G-I , L16ii

Bulimus cuticula Pfeiffer 1855d: 95; Breure 1979: 108 (lectotype designation).

Drymaeus (Drymaeus) cuticulus ; Breure and Eskens 1981: 20; Simone 2006: 136, fig. 446.

Type locality.

"Rio Janeiro".

Label.

”Rio”, taxon label in Pfeiffer’s handwriting. M.C. label style I.

Dimensions.

"Long. 28, diam. 13 mill."; figured specimen herein H 27.5, D 13.75, W 4.7.

Type material.

NHMUK 1975451, lectotype (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

There is only one specimen, of which the lip has been broken, and the last whorl is badly damaged. The specimen is probably subadult.

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Drymaeus (Drymaeus) cuticula (Pfeiffer, 1855).

Figures

Figure 42. Drymaeus species. A-C Drymaeus (Drymaeus) bogotensis (Pfeiffer, 1855), lectotype NHMUK 1975191 (H = 37.4) D-F Drymaeus (Drymaeus) bolivianus (Pfeiffer, 1846), lectotype NHMUK 1975444 (H = 33.0) G-I Drymaeus (Drymaeus) cuticula (Pfeiffer, 1855), lectotype NHMUK 1975451 (H = 27.5) J-L Drymaeus (Drymaeus) chiriquensis da Costa, 1901 (H = 29.1). All enlarged.

Figure L 16. Labels. i Bulimulus (Naesiotus) curtus Reibisch, 1892 ii Bulimus cuticula Pfeiffer, 1855 iii Bulimus cuzcoensis Reeve, 1849 iv Bulimulus dacostae Sowerby III, 1892 v Bulimus darwini Pfeiffer, 1846 vi Bulimus decussatus Reeve, 1849.