Bulimus quitensis Pfeiffer, 1848

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 : 136-137

Bulimus quitensis Pfeiffer, 1848 Figs 15A , L50vi

Bulimus quitensis Pfeiffer 1848a: 230; Pfeiffer 1848b: 182; Breure 1979: 71.

Naesiotus quitensis ; Breure and Coppois 1978: 181 (lectotype designation); Breure and Borrero 2008: 15.

Type locality.

"Quito (De Lattre)".

Label.

"Quito / Monsr Delattre", taxon label in Pfeiffer’s handwriting. M.C. label style I/IV.

Dimensions.

"Long. 26, diam. 12 mill."; figured specimen herein H 26.5, D 13.25, W 6.0.

Type material.

NHMUK 1975320, lectotype; 1975321, two paralectotypes; 19991539, three paralectotypes, Delattre leg. (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

Pfeiffer did not state on how many specimens his description was based when he described this taxon from Cuming’s collection.

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Naesiotus quitensis (Pfeiffer, 1848).

Figures

Figure 15. Naesiotus species. A-C Naesiotus quitensis (Pfeiffer, 1848) A lectotype NHMUK 1975320 (H = 26.5) B possible syntype of Bulimus irregularis Pfeiffer, 1848 NHMUK 20100564 (H = 18.8) C lectotype of Bulimus catlowiae Pfeiffer, 1853 NHMUK 1975414 (H = 25.1) D Naesiotus orbignyi (Pfeiffer, 1846), lectotype of Bulimus apertus Pfeiffer, 1855 NHMUK 1975317 (H = 18.1) E Naesiotus subcostatus chamayensis Weyrauch, 1967, paratype NHMUK 1975423 (H = 17.5) F-G Naesiotus cinereus (Reeve, 1849), lectotype NHMUK 20100519 (H = 15.5) G apical view of protoconch sculpture H-I Naesiotus crepundia (d'Orbigny, 1835), paralectotypes H NHMUK 1854.12.4.173 (H = 26.6) I NHMUK 1854.12.4.174 (H = 23.2) J Naesiotus montivagus (d'Orbigny, 1835), lectotype NHMUK 1854.12.4.170 (H = 20.5) K-L Naesiotus rocayanus (d'Orbigny, 1835), paralectotype NHMUK 1854.12.4.176 (H = 22.9) L apical view of protoconch sculpture. All enlarged.

Figure L 50. Labels. i Drymaeus punctatus da Costa, 1907 ii Bulinus pupiformis Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832 iii Bulimus purpuratus Reeve, 1849 iv Bulinus pustulosus Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832 v Bulimus (Otostomus) quadrifasciatus Angas, 1878 vi Bulimus quitensis Pfeiffer, 1848.