Bulimulus (Drymaeus) caucaensis da Costa, 1898

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 : 34

Bulimulus (Drymaeus) caucaensis da Costa, 1898 Figs 31G-I , L11vi

Bulimulus (Drymaeus) caucaensis da Costa 1898: 81, pl. 6 fig. 3.

Drymaeus (Drymaeus) caucaensis ; Pilsbry 1898 [1897-1898]: 247, pl. 50 fig. 83; Linares and Vera 2012: 183.

Drymaeus (Drymaeus) caucaensis ; Breure 1979: 107.

Type locality.

"Valley of the R. Cauca, Colombia".

Label.

"Cauca, Colombia", in da Costa’s handwriting.

Dimensions.

"Long. 35, diam. 16 mm."; figured specimen herein H 34.8, D 16.6, W 6.3.

Type material.

NHMUK 1907.11.21.43, lectotype (da Costa coll.).

Remarks.

The specimen is labelled ”type”; however, since da Costa did not state on how many specimens his description was based upon, the reference of Breure (1979) to "HT 1907.11.21.43" has to be interpreted as lectotype designation according to Art. 74.6 ICZN.

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Drymaeus (Drymaeus) caucaensis (da Costa, 1898).

Figures

Figure 31. Drymaeus species. A-F Drymaeus (Drymaeus) baranguillanus (Pfeiffer, 1853) A-C lectotype NHMUK 1975452 (H = 31.5) D-F lectotype of Bulimus antioquensis Pfeiffer, 1855 NHMUK 1975450 (H = 29.6) G-I Drymaeus (Drymaeus) caucaensis (da Costa, 1898), lectotype NHMUK 1907.11.21.43 (H = 34.8) J-L Drymaeus (Drymaeus) confluens (Pfeiffer, 1855), lectotype NHMUK 1975196 (H = 39.5). All enlarged.

Figure L 11. Labels. i Bulimus canaliculatus Pfeiffer, 1845 ii Drymaeus prestoni cancellata da Costa, 1906 iii Drymaeus castaneostrigatus da Costa, 1906 iv Bulimus castus Pfeiffer, 1847 v Bulimus catlowiae Pfeiffer, 1853 vi Bulimulus (Drymaeus) caucaensis da Costa, 1898 vii Bulimus ceratacme Pfeiffer, 1855.