Bulimus nucula Pfeiffer, 1853

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 : 110-111

Bulimus nucula Pfeiffer, 1853 Figs 14G , L42iii

Bulimus nucula Pfeiffer 1853d: 415; Pfeiffer 1854a: 60; Breure 1979: 70.

Naesiotus nuculus ; Breure and Coppois 1978: 178 (lectotype designation).

Type locality.

[Ecuador] "insulis Gallapagos".

Label.

”Galapagos”. M.C. label style III.

Dimensions.

"Long. 11 1/2, diam. 6 mill."; figured specimen herein H 11.25, D 5.62, W 6+.

Type material.

NHMUK 1975155, lectotype; 1975156, three paralectotypes (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

The top of the lectotype is slightly damaged.

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Naesiotus nucula (Pfeiffer, 1853).

Figures

Figure 14. Naesiotus species. A-D Naesiotus nux (Broderip, 1832) A lectotype NHMUK 1975172 (H = 21.5) B-C lectotype of Bulimus incrassatus Pfeiffer, 1853 NHMUK 1975157 (H = 17.3) C sculpture on dorsal side of (pen) ultimate whorl D lectotype of Bulimus verrucosus (Pfeiffer, 1855) NHMUK 1975168 (H = 22.5) E-F Naesiotus ustulatus (Sowerby I, 1833) E lectotype NHMUK 20100633 (H = 13.95) F possible syntype of Bulimulus (Naesiotus) ustulatus phlegonis Dall & Ochsner, 1928 NHMUK 1937.6.18.2 (H = 12.5) G Naesiotus nucula (Pfeiffer, 1853), lectotype NHMUK 1975155 (H = 11.2) H Naesiotus galapaganus (Pfeiffer, 1855), lectotype NHMUK 1975146 (H = 15.1) I Naesiotus ventrosus (Reibisch, 1892), paralectotype NHMUK 1894.6.8.1 (H = 18.9) J Naesiotus achatellinus (Forbes, 1850), holotype NHMUK 1855.4.5.25 (H = 19.0). All enlarged.

Figure L 42. Labels. i Bulimulus (Drymaeus) nubilus Preston, 1903 ii Bulimus nucinus Reeve, 1850 iii Bulimus nucula Pfeiffer, 1853 iv Bulinus nux Broderip, 1832 v Bulimus nystianus Pfeiffer, 1853 vi Drymaeus obliquistriatus da Costa, 1901 vii Bulimus (Drymaeus) ochrocheilus E. A. Smith, 1877 viii Bulimus ochraceus Morelet, 1863.