Bulimus petiti Pfeiffer, 1846

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 : 122

Bulimus petiti Pfeiffer, 1846 Figs 70I-J , L46ii

Bulimus petiti Pfeiffer 1846a: 31; Reeve 1848 [1848-1850]: pl. 37 fig. 222; Breure 1979: 86.

Scutalus (Vermiculatus) petiti ; Breure 1978: 181 (lectotype designation).

Type locality.

”Peru”.

Label.

”Bolivia”, ”Chachopo”, taxon label in Pfeiffer’s handwriting. M.C. label style IV.

Dimensions.

"Long. 26, diam. 16 mill."; figured specimen herein H 36.0, D 18.5, W 5.8.

Type material.

NHMUK 1975374, lectotype; 1975375, one paralectotype (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

Pfeiffer described the taxon from ”Peru” on account of specimens from the Cuming collection. Reeve based himself on the same collection and gave "Chacopo [sic], Bolivia"; one of labels mentions ”Chachopo”, which is in Venezuela where this genus does not occur. The measurements given by Pfeiffer appear to have been erroneous, as already mentioned by Pilsbry (1897 [1897-1898]: 21) and Breure (1978). With the taxon label in Pfeiffer’s handwriting, the type status of this material is not disputed. Weyrauch (1967a: 387) considered this taxon as a distinct species from Peru. However, the region where it may be found has still to be confirmed.

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Kuschelenia (Vermiculatus) petiti (Pfeiffer, 1846) (comb. n.).

Figures

Figure 70. Kuschelenia species. A-B, K Kuschelenia (Vermiculatus) aquilus (Reeve, 1848), lectotype NHMUK 1975376 (H = 27.1) C-D, L Kuschelenia (Vermiculatus) filaris (Pfeiffer, 1853), syntype NHMUK 1975569 (H = 25.1) E-F, M Kuschelenia (Vermiculatus) anthisanensis (Pfeiffer, 1853), lectotype of Bulimus subfasciatus Pfeiffer, 1853 NHMUK 1975368 (H = 31.0) G-H Kuschelenia (Vermiculatus) nucinus (Reeve, 1850), lectotype NHMUK 1975379 (H = 36.8) I-J Kuschelenia (Vermiculatus) petiti (Pfeiffer, 1846), lectotype NHMUK 1975374 (H = 36.0). All enlarged

Figure L 46. Labels. i Bulimus pessulatus Reeve, 1848 ii Bulimus petiti Pfeiffer, 1846 iii Bulimus philippii Pfeiffer, 1842 iv Bulimulus (Naesiotus) ustulatus var. phlegonis Dall & Ochsner, 1928 v Bulimus phryne Pfeiffer, 1863 vi Bulimus pictus Pfeiffer, 1855 vii Buliminus pilosus Guppy, 1871 viii Bulimus platystomus Pfeiffer, 1858.