Bulimus orophilus Morelet, 1860

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Ablett, Jonathan D., 2014, Annotated type catalogue of the Bulimulidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 392, pp. 1-367 : 114-115

Bulimus orophilus Morelet, 1860 Figs 4H , L43iii

Bulimus orophilus Morelet 1860: 374; Morelet 1863: 189, pl. 9 fig. 6; Breure 1979: 56.

Bostryx orophilus ; Breure 1978: 107 (lectotype designation).

Type locality.

"les vallées tempérées des plateaux de Cuzco; (..) notablement à Talavera, Silque, Incahuasi et Mollepata" (restricted to Peru, Dept. Cuzco, Prov. Anta, Distr. Limatambo, Mollepata; Breure 1978).

Label.

”Pérou, Mollepata" [.188-190], ”Pérou, Ollantaytambo" [.182-184], ”Pérou, Talavera" [.191], all in Morelet’s handwriting.

Dimensions.

"Long. 22; diam. 9 mill."; figured specimen herein H 20.8, D 10.5, W 6+.

Type material. NHMUK 1893.2.4.188, lectotype; 1893.2.4.189-190, two paralectotypes; 1893.2.4.182-184, three paralectotypes; 1893.2.4.191, one paralectotypes (ex Morelet).

Remarks.

Morelet described this taxon based on various specimens and described also two colour forms. The current systematic position follows Richardson (1995).

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Bostryx orophilus (Morelet, 1860).

Figures

Figure 4. Bostryx species. A Bostryx rodriguezae Weyrauch, 1967, paratype NHMUK 1975355 (H = 25.5) B Bostryx rehderi Weyrauch, 1960, paratype NHMUK 1975356 (H = 10.45) C Bostryx devians (Dohrn, 1863), syntype NHMUK 1975339 (H = 14.9) D Bostryx mordani Breure, 1978, paratype NHMUK 1975266 (H = 22.5) E Bostryx agueroi Weyrauch, 1960, paratype NHMUK 1975333 (H = 21.1) F-H Bostryx orophilus (Morelet, 1860) F Bulimus albicolor Morelet, 1863, syntype NHMUK 1893.2.4.169 (H = 28.2) G Bulimus cercicola Morelet, 1863, syntype NHMUK 1893.2.4.175 (H = 18.7) H Bulimus orophilus Morelet, 1860, lectotype NHMUK 1893.2.4.188 (H = 20.8). All enlarged.

Figure L 43. Labels. i Bulimus orbignyi Pfeiffer, 1846 ii Helix oreades d'Orbigny, 1835 iii Bulimus orophilus Morelet, 1860 iv Bulimus (Drymaeus) orthostoma E. A. Smith, 1877 v Bulimus pallens Reeve, 1849 vi Bulimulus (Naesiotus) pallidus Reibisch, 1892.