Bothriembryon perobesus Iredale, 1939

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Whisson, Corey S., 2012, Annotated type catalogue of Bothriembryon (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in Australian museums, with a compilation of types in other museums, ZooKeys 194, pp. 41-80 : 51

Bothriembryon perobesus Iredale, 1939 Fig. 9G

Bothriembryon perobesus Iredale 1939: 28, pl. 2 fig. 22; Wells 1977: 54; B.J. Smith 1992: 106.

Type locality.

[Western Australia] "the mouth of the Moore River".

Label.

The material is accompanied by three labels. A very thin fragile old paper label with fine ink reads "Moore River, WA"; an old thicker card label with thicker black ink says "mouth of Moore River" and a lined paper label with pencil says "Moore River (mouth of)".

Dimensions.

"The height of the shell is 25 mm., while its breadth is 19 mm."; holotype H 24.2, D 17.9, W 4.9

Type material.

WAM S14467, holotype.

Remarks.

Iredale (1939) mentioned to have "One specimen" available; therefore we consider this as the holotype. The current taxonomic status of the species needs confirmation.

Current systematic position.

Bothriembryontidae, Bothriembryon perobesus Iredale, 1939.

Figures

Figure 9. A-E Species complex of Bothriembryon kingii (J. E. Gray, 1825) A Lectotype of Helix trilineata Quoy and Gaimard, 1832, MNHN 24642 (H = 27.1) Photo: P. Maestrati B Lectotype of B. physoides humilis Pilsbry, 1900 AM C 100774 (H = 17.2) C B. jacksoni Iredale, 1939, syntype, AM C 100725 (H = 27.2) D B. notatus Iredale, 1939, syntype, AM C 100726 (H = 23.6) E B. revectus Iredale, 1939, syntype, AM C 100723 (H = 21.8) F B. richeanus Iredale, 1939, syntype, AM C 100772 (H = 23.4) G B. perobesus Iredale, 1939, holotype, WAM S 14467 (H = 24.2) H B. sayi (Pfeiffer, 1847), syntype of B. kingii solidus Pilsbry, 1900, AM C 100722 (H = 31.8).