Succinea elegans Pfeiffer, 1842

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 : 10

Succinea elegans Pfeiffer, 1842 Figs 4G-H, 4iv

Succinea elegans Pfeiffer 1842: 56; Pfeiffer 1843: 187; Pfeiffer 1855, in Küster and Pfeiffer 1840-1865: pl. 60 fig. 7. Not Succinea elegans Risso, 1826.

Plectostylus coquimbensis perelegans (Pilsbry); Breure 1978: 201, pl. 9 fig. 14 (lectotype designation).

Type locality.

"Huasco, Chile (Bridges)".

Label.

"Questa de Arenas / Huasco, Chili", taxon label in Pfeiffer’s handwriting. M.C. label style IV.

Dimensions.

"Long. 36, diam. 17 mill."; lectotype H 30.0, D 16.2, W 5.1.

Type material.

NHMUK 1975360, lectotype; 1975361, three paralectotypes (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

The lectotype corresponds to the specimen figured by Pfeiffer (1855 [1840-1865]). The original shell height may have been in error. This taxon is now considered a junior subjective synonym of Bulinus broderipii Sowerby I, 1832 (F. Cádiz, unpublished data).

Current systematic position.

Bothriembryontidae, Plectostylus broderipii (Sowerby I, 1832) (synon. n.).

Figures

Figure 4. Plectostylus species. A-B, i Plectostylus broderipii (Sowerby I, 1832), lectotype NHM 20100655 (H = 44.5) C-D, ii Plectostylus coturnix (Sowerby, 1832), possible syntype NHM 20100620 (H = 32.4) E-H Plectostylus broderipii (Sowerby I, 1832) E-F, iii Lectotype of Bulimus broderipi var. elongata d'Orbigny, 1837 NHM 1854.12.4.102 (H = 30.5) G-H, iv Lectotype of Succinea elegans Pfeiffer, 1842 NHM 1975360 (H = 30.0).