Bulimus gruneri 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 : 66

Bulimus gruneri Pfeiffer, 1846 Figs 24E , L25vii

Bulimus gruneri Pfeiffer 1846a: 30; Pfeiffer 1848b: 213; Reeve 1849 [1848-1850]: pl. 51 fig. 332.

Type locality.

”Mexico”.

Label.

”Mexico”, added in a later handwriting. M.C. label style I, V.

Dimensions.

"Long. 28, diam. 10 mill."; figured specimen herein H 27.8, D 10.5, W 7.3.

Type material.

NHMUK 20100563/1, lectotype; NHMUK 20100563/2-3, two paralectotypes; NHMUK 20100562, three paralectotypes (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

The quotation by Richardson (1995: 196) of 1842 as the year of publication of Bulimus gruneri appears erroneous, as Pfeiffer does not mention this taxon until his 1846 paper. Two lots have been traced, one of which contains a specimen closest matching the original dimensions; this specimen is here designated lectotype (design. n.) to define the taxon. The other lot contains one specimen resembling Reeve 1848 [1848-1850]: pl. 51 fig. 332. The locality ”Mexico” seems in error, as this taxon has been recognised as a Colombian species (Breure and Borrero, unpublished data) and is now considered as a junior subjective synonym of Bulimus columbianus Lea, 1838 (syn. n.).

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) columbianus (Lea, 1838).

Figures

Figure 24. Drymaeus species. A Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) flavidulus (E. A. Smith, 1877), lectotype NHMUK 1975134 (H = 21.4) B Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) fuscobasis (E. A. Smith, 1877), lectotype NHMUK 1975139 (H = 28.7) C Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) virginalis (Pfeiffer, 1856), probable syntype NHMUK 1975503 (H = 27.9) D Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) deshayesi (Pfeiffer, 1845), lectotype NHMUK 1975526 (H = 44.5) E Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) columbianus (Lea, 1838), lectotype of Bulimus gruneri Pfeiffer, 1846 NHMUK 20100563 / 1 (H = 27.8) F Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) rectilinearis (Pfeiffer, 1855), NHMUK 1975337 (H = 23.9) G Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) multilineatus (Say, 1825), paralectotype of Bulimus sisalensis Morelet, 1849 NHMUK 1893.2.4.1655 (H = 24.1) H Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) koppeli (Sowerby III, 1892), lectotype NHMUK 1907.11.21.133 (H = 25.5) I Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) hondurasanus (Pfeiffer, 1846), lectotype NHMUK 1975265 (H = 28.6) J Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) inglorius (Reeve, 1848), lectotype NHMUK 1975536 (H = 25.6) K Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) tripictus hoffmanni (Martens, 1893), holotype of Drymaeus prestoni cancellata da Costa, 1906 NHMUK 1907.11.21.13 (H = 18.1) L Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) gabbi (Angas, 1879), lectotype NHMUK 1879.7.22.23 (H = 20.6). All enlarged.

Figure L 25. Labels. i Bulimus gayi Pfeiffer, 1857 ii Bulimus gelidus Reeve, 1849 iii Bulimus (Mesembrinus) gealei H. Adams, 1867 iv Bulimus geometricus Pfeiffer, 1846 v Bulimus columbiensis Pfeiffer, 1855 = Bulimus gratus Pfeiffer, 1856 vi Bulimus gueinzii Pfeiffer, 1857 vii Bulimus gruneri Pfeiffer, 1846.