Bulimus pallens 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 : 115-116

Bulimus pallens Reeve, 1849 Figs 20J , L43v

Bulimus pallens Reeve 1849 [1848-1850]: pl. 62 fig. 423.

Type locality.

”-?”.

Label.

No locality given. M.C. label style II.

Dimensions.

Not given; figured specimen herein H 17.9, D 11.25, W 4.9.

Type material.

NHMUK 20120056, one syntype (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

The shell corresponds with Reeve’s figure; its protoconch sculpture equals those found in Drymaeus species. The shell is a juvenile, but at present its systematic specific position cannot be ascertained. This taxon has not been mentioned in monographs (e.g., Pilsbry 1902) or catalogues (e.g., Richardson 1995).

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Drymaeus . Nomen inquirendum.

Figures

Figure 20. Drymaeus species. A Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) lirinus (Morelet, 1851), holotype NHMUK 1893.2.4.1954 (H = 30.2) B Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) stramineus (Guilding, 1828), syntype of Bulimus lucidus Reeve, 1848 NHMUK 1975524 (H = 28.9) C Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) rawsoni (Guppy, 1871), lectotype of Bulimulus (Drymaeus) rawsonis H. Adams, 1873 NHMUK 1878.1.28.209 (H = 23.7) D-E Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) sulphureus (Pfeiffer, 1857) D lectotype NHMUK 20100585 (H = 28.7) E lectotype of Bulimus citronellus Angas, 1879 NHMUK 1879.7.22.19 (H = 25.0) F-G Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) inusitatus (Fulton, 1900), lectotype NHMUK 1901.4.25.28 (H = 28.3) H Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) puellaris (Reeve, 1850), lectotype NHMUK 1975400 (H = 22.4) I Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) broadwayi (E. A. Smith, 1896), holotype NHMUK 1895.11.28.10 (H = 11.9) J Drymaeus sp., syntype of Bulimus pallens Reeve, 1849 [nomen inquirendum] NHMUK 20120056 (H = 17.9). All enlarged.

Figure L 43. Labels. i Bulimus orbignyi Pfeiffer, 1846 ii Helix oreades d'Orbigny, 1835 iii Bulimus orophilus Morelet, 1860 iv Bulimus (Drymaeus) orthostoma E. A. Smith, 1877 v Bulimus pallens Reeve, 1849 vi Bulimulus (Naesiotus) pallidus Reibisch, 1892.