Bulimus decussatus Reeve, 1849

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 : 47

Bulimus decussatus Reeve, 1849 Figs 56G-I , L16vi

Bulimus decussatus Reeve 1849 [1848-1850]: pl. 72 fig. 519; Reeve 1850: 99; Pfeiffer 1853d: 431; Breure 1979: 100.

Neopetraeus decussatus ; Breure 1978: 215 (lectotype designation).

Type locality.

"Andes of Caxamarca [sic, Cajamarca], Peru".

Label.

"Andes of Caxamarca, Peru"; in unknown handwriting, obviously added in a later stage (see remarks).

Dimensions.

Not given; figured specimen herein H 37.7, D 16.5, W 7.7.

Type material.

NHMUK 1975180, lectotype (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

The printed label, that is typical of specimens figured by Reeve, has been lost. The label, probably in the handwriting of a NHMUK employee during the latter half of the 19th century, refers to Reeve’s species number (519), stating that it is "the type". In the lower left corner, "one on right" has been added (probably by E.A. Smith), which seems to indicate that the specimens originally were glued on board. There is a second note "now marked x", which apparently refers to the type specimen. See also Bulimus myristicus Reeve, 1849, which is a junior synonym ( Breure 1978).

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Neopetraeus decussatus (Reeve, 1849).

Figures

Figure 56. Neopetraeus species. A-C Neopetraeus altoperuvianus (Reeve, 1849), lectotype NHMUK 1975437 (H = 46.5) D-F Neopetraeus atahualpa (Dohrn, 1863), possible syntype NHMUK 1975436 (H = 38.5) G-I Neopetraeus decussatus (Reeve, 1849), lectotype NHMUK 1975180 (H = 37.7) J-L Neopetraeus patasensis (Pfeiffer, 1858), lectotype NHMUK 1975439 (H = 46.8). 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.