Helix phlogera d'Orbigny , 1835

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Ablett, Jonathan D., 2015, Annotated type catalogue of the Megaspiridae, Orthalicidae, and Simpulopsidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 470, pp. 17-143 : 40

Helix phlogera d'Orbigny, 1835 Figs 13iii-iv, L15iii

Helix phlogera d’Orbigny 1835: 8.

Bulimus phlogerus ; d’Orbigny 1837 [1834-1847]: 259, pl. 29 figs 6-8 [text 30 March 1838]; Gray 1854: 12.

Type locality.

"provincia Chiquitensi (republica Boliviana)".

Label.

"Sn Xavier, Chquitos (Bolivia)", in d’Orbigny’s handwriting.

Dimensions.

"Longit. 55 millim.; latit. 24 millim.". Figured specimen H 59.8, D 26.8, W 6+.

Type material.

NHMUK 1854.12.4.86, six syntypes ( d’Orbigny coll.).

Remarks.

d’Orbigny (1835) did not state on how many specimens his description was based; he said his taxon was identical to Helix regina var. β Férussac, 1821. In d’Orbigny (1838 [1834-1847]: 260) the locality was specified as "environs des Missions de San-Xavier et de Concepcion"; see Breure 1973. Of the material found, none of the shells corresponds exactly with d’Orbigny’s figure. The current systematic position is according to Richardson (1993: 108).

Current systematic position.

Orthalicidae , Orthalicus phlogerus ( d’Orbigny, 1835).