Bulimus moricandi Pfeiffer, 1847

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 : 101-102

Bulimus moricandi Pfeiffer, 1847 Figs 22H , L38v

Bulimus moricandi Pfeiffer 1847: 113; Reeve 1848 [1848-1850]: pl. 40 fig. 283; Breure 1979: 121 (lectotype designation).

Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) moricandi ; Breure and Eskens 1981: 78, figs 247-248; Thompson 2011: 118.

Type locality.

[Guatemala] "Mount Coban, Central America (Lattre)".

Label.

"M. Lattre / Coban C Am[erica]". M.C. label style III, V.

Dimensions.

"Lat. 24, diam. 12 mill."; figured specimen herein H 23.6, D 12.7, W 5.8.

Type material.

NHMUK 1975212, lectotype (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

Pfeiffer did not state on how many specimens his description was based. The lectotype, however, matches the original measurements and also corresponds to Reeve’s figure. The current systematic position is after Thompson (2011).

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) moricandi moricandi (Pfeiffer, 1847).

Figures

Figure 22. Drymaeus species. A Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) granadensis (Pfeiffer, 1848), lectotype of Bulimus incarnatus Pfeiffer, 1855 NHMUK 1975566 (H = 30.7) B Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) pertristis Pilsbry, 1898, syntype of Bulimus tristis Pfeiffer, 1855 NHMUK 1975299 (H = 29.3) C Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) depictus (Reeve, 1849), lectotype NHMUK 1975529 (H = 27.9) D Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) trimarianus (Martens, 1893), lectotype NHMUK 1901.6.22.950 (H = 31.5) E Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) electrum (Reeve, 1848), lectotype NHMUK 1975510 (H = 29.6) F Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) serperastrus (Say, 1830), lectotype of Bulimus nitelinus Reeve, 1849 NHMUK 20100570 (H = 29.4) G Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) dutaillyi (Pfeiffer, 1857), lectotype NHMUK 1975516 (H = 30.8) H Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) moricandi (Pfeiffer, 1847), lectotype NHMUK 1975212 (H = 23.6) I Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) loxensis (Pfeiffer, 1846), lectotype NHMUK 1975553 (H = 34.7) J Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) meridanus (Pfeiffer, 1846), syntype NHMUK 1975523 (H = 35.9). All enlarged.

Figure L 38. Labels. i Bulimus monilifer Reeve, 1848 ii Bulimus montevidensis Pfeiffer, 1846 iii Bulimus montagnei d'Orbigny, 1837 iv Helix montivaga d'Orbigny, 1835 v Bulimus moricandi Pfeiffer, 1847.