Bulimus souvillei gatopensis Crosse, 1870

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 : 12

Bulimus souvillei gatopensis Crosse, 1870 Figs 8B-C, 8iii

Bulimus souvillei var. δ gatopensis Crosse 1870: 242; Breure and Schouten 1985: 69; Neubert et al. 2009: 61.

Type locality.

"Gatope et in loco 'Ferme modèle’ dicto, Novae Caledoniae. (E. Marie)".

Label.

No locality given. Taxon label in Crosse’s handwriting (?).

Dimensions.

"Long. 88-95, diam. maj. 47-56 mill."; specimen figured herein H 94.5, D 55.5, W 6.5.

Type material.

NHMUK 1929.9.14.4, syntype, ex Marie coll.

Remarks.

A label (from Crosse?) with the note “type” is glued on the dorsal side of the last whorl. Neubert et al. (2009) have commented on the type locality of this material, noting it to be erroneous or based on introduced material. A further syntype is in the MNHN collection.

Current systematic position. Bothriembryontidae , Placostylus fibratus guestieri (Gassies, 1869).

Figures

Figure 8. Placostylus fibratus subspecies. A-D Placostylus fibratus guestieri (Gassies, 1869) A, i Bulimus infundibulum Gassies, 1871, holotype NHM 1883.11.10.1163 (H = 75.6) B-C, iii Bulimus souvillei gatopensis Crosse, 1870, syntype NHM 1929.9.14.4 (H = 94.5) D, ii Bulimus pinicola Gassies, 1870, syntype NHM 1883.11.10.1164 (H = 92.8) E-H Placostylus fibratus ouveanus (Dotzauer in Mousson, 1869) E-F Bulimus ouveanus sinistorsa Crosse, 1884, NHM 1929.9.14.8 (H = 49.2) G-H Bulimus ouveanus alba Crosse, 1874, holotype NHM 1929.9.14.6 (H = 48.1) I, iv Placostylus fibratus alexander (Crosse, 1855), holotype of Bulimus necouensis Gassies, 1871 NHM 1883.11.10.1175 (H = 73.9). All reduced in size.