Bulimus hargravesi Cox, 1871

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Ablett, Jonathan D., 2012, Annotated type catalogue of the Bothriembryontidae and Odontostomidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 182, pp. 1-70 : 13-14

Bulimus hargravesi Cox, 1871 Figs 12A, 12i

Bulimus hargravesi Cox 1871: 323, pl. 34 fig. 3; Breure and Schouten 1985: 69.

Eumecostylus hargravesi (Cox); Delsaerdt 2010: 47, pl. 8 figs 1-6.

Type locality.

"Treasury Island, Solomon Islands", corrected to Malaita, Solomon Islands ( Delsaerdt 2010).

Label.

"Solomon Isls".

Dimensions.

"Diam. 1.05, long. 2.60 unc. [H 64.3, D 25.9 mm]"; lectotype H 65.0, D 30.9, W 5.3.

Type material.

NHMUK 1880.12.11.43, lectotype (ex Cox).

Remarks.

The holotype designation ( Breure and Schouten 1985) has to be interpreted as lectotype designation (Art. 74.6 ICZN); the claim of Delsaerdt (2010: unnumbered page opposite contents [not repeated in main text]) of a lectotype designation is thus erroneous. Delsaerdt interpreted Cox’ abbreviation “unc.” equalling 25.4 mm given his dimensions of the type specimens as 26.67 x 66.04 mm. Cox’ abbreviation can also be read as the Roman uncia, equal to 2.473 cm (Rowlett 2004), but according to Woodward (1851 [1851-1856]: 61) the uncia equals the inch (= 25.4 mm).

Current systematic position.

Bothriembryontidae, Eumecostylus hargravesi (Cox, 1871).

Figures

Figure 12. Eumecostylus and Placostylus species. A, i Eumecostylus hargravesi (Cox, 1871), lectotype NHM 1880.12.11.43 (H = 65.0) B, ii Eumecostylus sanchristovalensis (Cox, 1870), lectotype NHM 1880.12.11.44 (H = 67.7) C, iii Placostylus cuninculinsulae (Cox, 1872), lectotype NHM 1880.12.11.47 (H = 41.6) D Placostylus ambagiosus Suter, 1906, paratype of Placostylus ambagiosus priscus Powell, 1938, NHM 1939.3.17.18 (H = 70.3).