Bulimulus (Drymaeus) baroni Fulton, 1897

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 : 24

Bulimulus (Drymaeus) baroni Fulton, 1897 Figs 65E-F , L8ii

Bulimulus (Drymaeus) baroni Fulton 1897: 213, pl. 6 fig. 8-8b; Breure 1979: 83.

Scutalus (Scutalus) baroni ; Breure 1978: 164 (lectotype designation).

Type locality.

"Rio Yonan, Peru, 4000 feet (C.T. Baron)".

Label.

"4000 ft / Rio Yonan / Peru", in Fulton’s handwriting.

Dimensions.

"Long. 31-36 millim., maj. diam. 19-22 millim."; figured specimen herein H 34.3, D 23.2, W 6.3.

Type material.

NHMUK 1897.8.3.173, lectotype; 1897.8.3.179, one paralectotype, Baron leg. (ex Fulton).

Remarks.

Fulton states "Type specimens (three) in British Museum". Only two specimens have been found. This taxon is considered a junior subjective synonym of Scutalus cretaceus (Pfeiffer, 1855) by Breure (1978).

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Scutalus cretaceus (Pfeiffer, 1855).

Figures

Figure 65. Scutalus species. A-B Scutalus baroni (Fulton, 1896), lectotype NHMUK 1896.6.23.1 (H = 12.7) C-F Scutalus cretaceus (Pfeiffer, 1855) C-D lectotype NHMUK 1975388 (H = 35.2) E-F lectotype of Bulimulus (Drymaeus) baroni Fulton, 1897 NHMUK 1897.8.3.173 (H = 34.3) G Scutalus chiletensis Weyrauch, 1967, paratype NHMUK 1975384 (H = 34.2) H Scutalus grandiventris Weyrauch, 1960, paratype NHMUK 1975386 (H = 54.1) I-J Scutalus latecolumellaris Preston, 1909, lectotype NHMUK 1922.2.24.39 (H = 54.0). All enlarged.

Figure L 8. Labels. i Bulimus barbadensis Pfeiffer, 1853 ii Bulimulus (Drymaeus) baroni Fulton, 1897 iii Helix (Xenothauma) baroni Fulton, 1896 iv Otostomus bartletti H. Adams, 1867 v Drymaeus bellus da Costa, 1906.