Bulimus strangei Pfeiffer, 1855

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 : 23

Bulimus strangei Pfeiffer, 1855 Figs 14D, 14iv

Bulimus strangei Pfeiffer 1855a: 8.

Placocharis strangei (Pfeiffer); Delsaerdt 2010: 73, pl. 12 figs 5-9 (lectotype designation).

Type locality.

[Solomon Islands, Simbo] "Eddystone Island, Australian Seas".

Label.

"Eddystone Isld / Australian Seas". M.C. label style III.

Dimensions.

"Long. 46, diam. 17 mill."; lectotype H 45.9, D 20.7, W 5.4.

Type material.

NHMUK 20100652, lectotype and two paralectotypes (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

Delsaerdt (2010) selected Pfeiffer’s figure (1856 in Küster and Pfeiffer 1840-1865: pl. 16 figs 11-12) as lectotype. He remarked that the whereabouts of the type are unknown. Three specimens were found in the NHM Mollusca General Collection, which originate from Cuming’s collection and have the label in agreement with Pfeiffer’s type locality. One of the specimens corresponds to the figure in Delsaerdt representing the lectotype; its measurements fit with Pfeiffer’s and it is now considered the lectotype despite the fact that the taxon label is not in Pfeiffer’s handwriting.

Current systematic position.

Bothriembryontidae, Placocharis strangei (Pfeiffer, 1855).

Figures

Figure 14. Placocharis species. A, i-ii Placocharis kreftii (Cox, 1872), lectotype NHM 20070068 (H = 54.9) i Label of the specimen presented by J. C. Cox ii Labels of the specimens originating from the Kennard collection B, v Placocharis macgillivrayi (Pfeiffer, 1855), lectotype NHM 1975232 (H = 58.5) C, iii Placocharis guppyi (E. A. Smith, 1891), lectotype NHM 1891.11.6.110 (H = 80.1) D, iv Placocharis strangei (Pfeiffer, 1853), lectotype NHM 20100652 (H = 45.9).