Bothriembryon rhodostomus grantianus 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 : 46

Bothriembryon rhodostomus grantianus Iredale, 1939 Fig. 6E

Bothriembryon rhodostomus grantianus Iredale 1939: 21, pl. 2 fig. 5; Wells 1977: 54; B.J. Smith 1992: 107.

Type locality.

[Western Australia, Recherche Archipelago] "Charley Island".

Label.

"Charley I / Recherche Arch’o / WA", "?Type / (?measurements) / Fig’d Spem".

Dimensions.

"length, 40 mm. by breadth, 20 mm."; figured specimen H 36.5, D 21.2, W 5.5.

Type material.

AM C100721, syntype; WAM S15118, four syntypes, A.F. Basset Hull leg., 1921.

Remarks.

The AM label indicates that this is the specimen figured by Iredale, but shows doubt about the status of the specimen. Iredale (1939) gives several sets of dimensions, but the ones quoted above are for the “type”; see introduction why we regard Iredale’s specimens generally as syntypes. The possible subspecific status of this taxon needs further confirmation.

Current systematic position.

Bothriembryontidae, Bothriembryon rhodostomus (Gray, 1834).

Figures

Figure 6. A Bothriembryon balteolus Iredale, 1939, lectotype, WAM S 15154 (H = 21.5) B B. esperantia Iredale, 1939, syntype, AM C 48681 (H = 23.9) C-G B. rhodostomus (Gray, 1834) C Lectotype of B. inflatus maculiferus Pilsbry, 1900, ANSP 8450 (H = 28.3) Photo: A. Lawless D Syntype of B. rhodostomus wrightianus Iredale, 1939, AM C 100717 (H = 29.4) E Syntype of B. rhodostomus grantianus Iredale, 1939, AM C 100721 (H = 36.5) F Syntype of B. rhodostomus perspectus Iredale, 1939, AM C 100719 (H = 34.5) G Syntype of B. rhodostomus hullianus Iredale, 1939, AM C 100718 (H = 31.7) H Lectotype of B. martensi Kobelt, 1901, ZMB 101818 a (H = 44.5).