Bulinus conspersus Sowerby I, 1833

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 : 41

Bulinus conspersus Sowerby I, 1833 Figs 6C , L15i

Bulinus conspersus Sowerby I 1833b: 73.

Bulimus conspersus ; Reeve 1848 [1848-1850]: pl. 22 fig. 137.

Type locality.

[Peru] "collinis prope Lima" (see remarks).

Label.

”Peru”. M.C. label style I, V.

Dimensions.

"Long. 0.65, lat. 0.4 poll. [H 16.5, D 10.1 mm]"; figured specimen herein H 19.8, D 12.1, W 5.5.

Type material.

NHMUK 20100619, five probable syntypes (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

The original material of Sowerby has not been traced; however, one of the specimens from this lot corresponds to Reeve (1848 [1848-1850]) and the specimens are regarded probable syntypes. Ramírez (2004) has restricted the type locality to Lomas de Atocongo, near Lima.

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Bostryx conspersus (Sowerby I, 1833).

Figures

Figure 6. Bostryx species. A Bostryx acalles (Pfeiffer, 1853), possible syntype NHMUK 20100651 (H = 13.2) B Bostryx depstus (Reeve, 1849), lectotype NHMUK 1975318 (H = 18.5) C Bostryx conspersus (Sowerby I, 1833), probable syntype NHMUK 20100619 (H = 19.8) D Bostryx? hennahi (J. E. Gray, 1830), lectotype of Helix cactorum d'Orbigny, 1835, NHMUK 1854.12.4.189 (H = 24.4) E-G Bostryx modestus (Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832) E Lectotype of Bulimus limensis Reeve, 1849, NHMUK 1975326 (H = 19.6) F syntype of Bulimus philippii Pfeiffer, 1842, NHMUK 1975348 (H = 24.3) G Bulinus modestus Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I 1832, possible syntype NHMUK 20120232 (H = 31.6). All enlarged.

Figure L 15. Labels. i Bulinus conspersus Sowerby I, 1833 ii Bulimus cotopaxiensis Pfeiffer, 1853 iii Bulimus cretaceus Pfeiffer, 1855 iv Bulinus crichtoni Broderip, 1836 v Helix culminea d'Orbigny, 1835.