Bulimus necouensis 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 : 19

Bulimus necouensis Gassies, 1871 Figs 8I, 8iv

Bulimus necouensis Gassies 1871: 191; Neubert et al. 2009: 68, fig. 75.

Type locality.

[New Caledonia] “Nécoué, Baie Lebris ( Nouvelle-Calédonie)”.

Label.

No locality information on the label, which gives the taxon name as " Bulimus Nekouensis ". A second label states "New Caledonia" but this is likely to have been added after the receipt of the material.

Dimensions.

"Long. 77 mill.; diam. maj. 33 mill."; holotype H 73.9, D 33.6, W 6.5.

Type material.

NHMUK 1883.11.10.1175, holotype, E. Marie leg. (ex Gassies).

Remarks.

The specimen is marked “T” above the aperture on the last whorl. Neubert et al. (2009) have clarified the type status of this specimen and the taxonomic status of the taxon.

Current systematic position.

Bothriembryontidae, Placostylus fibratus alexander (Crosse, 1855).

Figures

Figure 8. Placostylus fibratus subspecies. A-D Placostylus fibratus guestieri (Gassies, 1869) A, i Bulimus infundibulum Gassies, 1871, holotype NHM 1883.11.10.1163 (H = 75.6) B-C, iii Bulimus souvillei gatopensis Crosse, 1870, syntype NHM 1929.9.14.4 (H = 94.5) D, ii Bulimus pinicola Gassies, 1870, syntype NHM 1883.11.10.1164 (H = 92.8) E-H Placostylus fibratus ouveanus (Dotzauer in Mousson, 1869) E-F Bulimus ouveanus sinistorsa Crosse, 1884, NHM 1929.9.14.8 (H = 49.2) G-H Bulimus ouveanus alba Crosse, 1874, holotype NHM 1929.9.14.6 (H = 48.1) I, iv Placostylus fibratus alexander (Crosse, 1855), holotype of Bulimus necouensis Gassies, 1871 NHM 1883.11.10.1175 (H = 73.9). All reduced in size.