Bulimus lactifluus Pfeiffer, 1857

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 : 84

Bulimus lactifluus Pfeiffer, 1857 Figs 2C-D , L32ii

Bulimus lactifluus Pfeiffer 1857c: 330; Pfeiffer 1859b: 407; Pfeiffer 1868 [1866-1869]: 425, pl. 96 figs 13-14.

Bulimulus (Peronaeus) lactifluus ; Pilsbry 1896 [1895-1896]: 140, pl. 10 figs 15-16.

Type locality.

”Chili”.

Label.

”Chile”. M.C. label style I.

Dimensions.

"Long. 16 1/2-17, diam. 4 2/3 mill."; figured specimen herein H 16.2, D 4.7, W 10.6.

Type material.

NHMUK 20100642, four possible syntypes (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

From the measurements given by Pfeiffer it is clear that he had multiple specimens for his description. As he described this species from the Cuming collection, but no taxon label in Pfeiffer’s handwriting was found, this lot is considered as possible syntypes. The current systematic position is according to Richardson (1995: 30).

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Bostryx lactifluus (Pfeiffer, 1857).

Figures

Figure 2. Bostryx species. A-B Bostryx atacamensis (Pfeiffer, 1856), lectotype NHMUK 1975312 (H = 19.0) C-D Bostryx lactifluus (Pfeiffer, 1857), syntype NHMUK 20100642 (H = 16.2) E-F Bostryx lichnorum (d'Orbigny, 1835), syntype NHMUK 1854.12.4.96 (H = 15.8) G-H Bostryx nanus (Reeve, 1849), syntype NHMUK 1975463 (H = 15.4) I-J Bostryx scabiosus (Sowerby I, 1833), syntype NHMUK 20110176 (H = 15.9) K-L Bostryx pupiformis (Broderip, 1832), syntype NHMUK 20100613 (H = 23.5) M-N Bostryx terebralis (Pfeiffer, 1842), syntype NHMUK 20110082 (H = 19.8) O-P Bostryx holostoma (Pfeiffer, 1846), lectotype NHMUK 1975345 (H = 7.84). All enlarged.

Figure L 32. Labels. i Bulimus keppelli Pfeiffer, 1853 ii Bulimus lactifluus Pfeiffer, 1857 iii Bulimus knorri Pfeiffer in Philippi 1846 iv Bulimus koppeli Sowerby III, 1892 v Bulimus laetus Reeve, 1849.