Bulimus superfasciatus Gassies, 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 : 24

Bulimus superfasciatus Gassies, 1871 Figs 7C, 7iii

Bulimus superfasciatus Gassies 1871: 190; Breure and Schouten 1985: 60.

Placostylus fibratus fibratus (Martyn); Neubert et al. 2009: 50, fig. 16

Type locality.

[New Caledonia] “Boulari”.

Label.

No locality given. Taxon label in Gassies’ hand, and marked with “T”.

Dimensions.

"Long. 80 mill.; diam. maj. 37 mill."; specimen figured herein H 77.1, D 39.8, W 5.8.

Type material.

NHMUK 1883.11.10.1165, syntype (ex Gassies).

Remarks.

The characteristic “T” mark confirms the type status of this specimen.

Current systematic position.

Bothriembryontidae, Placostylus fibratus fibratus (Martyn, 1784).

Figures

Figure 7. Placostylus fibratus fibratus (Martyn, 1784). A, i Bulimus bairdii Reeve, 1848, lectotype NHM 1975223 (H = 78.1) B, ii Bulimus falcicula Gassies, 1871, syntype NHM 1883.11.10. (H = 74.5) C, iii Bulimus superfasciatus Gassies, 1871, syntype NHM 1883.11.10.1167 (H = 77.1) D, iv Bulimus ouensis Gassies, 1870, holotype NHM 1883.11.10.1176 (H = 83.7) E, v Bulimus asopeus Gassies, 1871, holotype NHM 1883.11.10.1173 (H = 49.7) F, vi Bulimus bulbulus Gassies, 1871, syntype NHM 1883.11.10.223 (H = 4.13). All reduced in size.