Bulinus albicans Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832

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 : 13

Bulinus albicans Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832 Figs 7I , L3v-vi

Bulinus albicans Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832b: 105; Sowerby I 1833 [ Sowerby I and II 1832-1841]: figs 22-22*.

Bulimus albicans ; Reeve 1848 [1848-1850]: pl. 22 fig. 141.

Type locality.

"Copiapo, Chili".

Label.

”Chili”; taxon name in Pfeiffer’s handwriting. M.C. label style I.

Dimensions.

"long. 9/12, lat. 7/12 poll. [H 19, D 14.8 mm]"; figured specimen herein H 22.1, D 13.1, W 5.7.

Type material.

NHMUK 20100611, five possible syntypes (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

Broderip described this taxon from the Cuming collection, but did not indicate on how many specimens his description was based. These specimens are herein regarded as possible syntypes; one is corresponding to Reeve’s figure. This is another case of material that has been studied by both Reeve and Pfeiffer. See also affinis Broderip, 1832.

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Bostryx albicans (Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832).

Figures

Figure 7. Bostryx species. A Bostryx erosus (Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832), syntype NHMUK 20100612 (H = 22.9) B Bostryx scalariformis (Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832), probable syntype NHMUK 20100635 (H = 11.6) C Bostryx vilchezi Weyrauch, 1960, paratype NHMUK 1975468 (H = 8.2) D Bostryx rusticellus (Morelet, 1860), lectotype NHMUK 1893.2.4.201 (H = 19.9) E Bostryx guttatus (Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832), possible syntype NHMUK 20110175 (H = 22.0) F Bostryx pruinosus (Sowerby I, 1833), syntype NHMUK 1975544 (H = 13.48) G Bostryx reentsi (Philippi, 1851), syntype of Bulimus denickei J. E. Gray, 1852, NHMUK 1851.5.15.1 (H = 26.4) H Bostryx compactus (Fulton, 1902), syntype NHMUK 1902.5.28.1 (H = 15.8) I Bostryx albicans (Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832), possible syntype NHMUK 20100611 (H = 22.1) J Bostryx albus (Sowerby I, 1833), possible syntype NHMUK 1842.5.10.149 (H = 15.0). All enlarged.

Figure L 3. Labels. i-ii Bulinus affinis Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832 iii Drymaeus alabastrinus da Costa, 1906 iv Bulimulus (Naesiotus) albemarlensis Dall, 1917 v-vi Bulinus albicans Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832 vii Bulimus albicolor Morelet, 1863 viii Bulimus (Drymaeus) albolabiatus E. A. Smith, 1877 ix-x Bulinus albus Sowerby I, 1833.