Bulinus gunnii Sowerby II in Strzelecki, 1845

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 : 55

Bulinus gunnii Sowerby II in Strzelecki, 1845 Fig. 3N

Bulinus gunnii Sowerby II in Strzelecki 1845: 298, pl. 9 fig. 5 [sic, 6].

Liparus gunnii Sowerby; Harris 1897: 3.

Bulimus [sic] gunnii (Sowerby); Kershaw 1987: 1, fig. 1.

Type material.

NHMUK PI OR 96907, holotype.

Remarks.

This taxon is probably of Pliocene age, found at Hobart, Tasmania in Yellow Limestone (Travertine). Kershaw (1987) copied Sowerby’s figure and discussed the relationship between this taxon and Bothriembryon tasmanicus (Pfeiffer, 1853). A photograph of the holotype of Bothriembryon gunnii is here presented for the first time since its original publication.

Current systematic position.

Bothriembryontidae, Bothriembryon gunnii (Sowerby II in Strzelecki, 1845).

Figures

Figure 3. Fossil Bothriembryon species. A, B, F B. gardneri Kendrick, 1978, holotype, WAM 701603 a (H = 43.5); F sculpture on dorsal side of last whorl C-E B. consors Kendrick, 1978, holotype, WAM 72421 a (H = 30.0); E sculpture on dorsal side of last whorl G-H B. douglasi Kendrick, 1978, holotype, WAM 661036 a (H = 34.2) I-J B. kremnobates Kendrick, 2005, holotype, WAM 81.847 (H = 21.5) K-L B. ridei Kendrick, 1978, holotype, WAM 60.434 a (H = 36.6) M B. praecursor McMichael, 1968, holotype, CPC 6906 (H = 14.17) N B. gunnii (Sowerby II, 1845), holotype, NHMUK PI OR 96907 (H = 25.1).