Achatina blainiana Poey, 1853

Breure, Abraham S. H., 2013, Annotated type catalogue of the Orthalicoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Museum fuer Naturkunde, Berlin, ZooKeys 279, pp. 1-101 : 12

Achatina blainiana Poey, 1853 Figs 19A, 19v

Achatina blainiana Poey 1853 [1851-1861]: 206, pl. 12 figs 4-6; Pfeiffer 1865 in Küster and Pfeiffer 1840-1865: 364, pl. 24 figs 4-5.

Type locality.

[Cuba] "la loma de Rangel, á unas 30 leguas S-S.O. de la Habana".

Label.

"294. Rangel / Gundl.", "Cuba. Poey / Felipe Poey".

Dimensions.

"Long. 43 millimetros; diametro 18"; figured specimen herein H 39.0, D 18.2, W 7.3.

Type material.

ZMB 117781, four probable syntypes; ex Dunker, ex Poey, J. Gundlach leg.

Remarks.

The locality on the label correspond with the type locality given by Poey (1853 [1851-1861]), who did not state on how many specimens his description was based. Moreover, the specimens were collected by Gundlach, who is known to have collected many shells for Poey; see also Richling and Glaubrecht (2008: 271). Analogous to their reasoning on the type status of taxa described by Pfeiffer ( Richling and Glaubrecht 2008: 268, sub (i)), we here consider it plausible that ZMB 117781 is to be considered as probable syntypes since these are labelled as received from Poey. For details on the connection between Gundlach and Dunker (and Pfeiffer) see Glaubrecht in Tëmkin et al. (2009).

Two other lots are present: ZMB 9044, three specimens; labelled "Rangel, Cuba", J. Gundlach leg., and ZMB 294, three specimens; labelled “Rangel”, ex Dunker. Although this material is from the same source, the specimens are not considered syntypes in the sense of the ICZN.

Current systematic position.

Orthalicidae , Liguus fasciatus ( Müller, 1774).

Figures

Figure 19. A-C Liguus fasciatus (Mueller, 1774) A, v Probable syntype of Achatina blainiana Poey, 1853 ZMB 117781 (H = 39.0) B, i Paratype of Liguus fasciatus archeri Clench, 1934 ZMB 78796 (H = 51.9) C, ii Paratype of Liguus crenatus barbouri Clench, 1929 ZMB 74876 (H = 46.3) D-E, iii Orthalicus elegans Rolle, 1895, lectotype ZMB 47655 (H = 61.2) F-G, iv Orthalicus nobilis Rolle, 1895, lectotype ZMB 47656 (H = 58.8).