Simpulopsis aenea Pfeiffer, 1861

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 : 18

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scientific name	Simpulopsis aenea Pfeiffer, 1861
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Treatment

Simpulopsis aenea Pfeiffer, 1861 Figs 27i-iii, L1ii

Simpulopsis aenea Pfeiffer 1861a [April]: 84; Pfeiffer 1861b [May]: 27; Reeve 1862 [1860-1862]: pl. 1 fig. 7; Pfeiffer 1868a: 22; Breure 1979: 134.

Type locality.

"Parada, reipublicae mexicanae ( Sallé)”.

Label.

"Parada, Mexico, Mr Sallé”, taxon label in Pfeiffer’s handwriting. M.C. label style III.

Dimensions.

"Diam. maj. 9, min. 8, alt. 5 1/2 mill.". Figured specimen H 8.98, D 10.6, W 2.5.

Type material.

NHMUK 20140830, three syntypes, Sallé leg. (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

Pfeiffer did not state on how many specimens his description was based. The current systematic position follows Thompson (2011: 130). The reference to this species in Richardson (1995: 361) cites the wrong author; the first two citations in his list should be omitted.

Current systematic position.

Simpulopsidae , Simpulopsis (Simpulopsis) aenea Pfeiffer, 1861.