Bothriembryon esperantia 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 : 45

Bothriembryon esperantia Iredale, 1939 Fig. 6B

Bothriembryon esperantia Iredale 1939: 21, pl. 2 fig. 8; Wells 1977: 53; B.J. Smith 1992: 103.

Type locality.

[Western Australia] “Esperance”.

Label.

"Esperance / WA".

Dimensions.

"Length 23 mm., breadth 15 mm"; figured specimen H 23.9, D 15.0, W 5.2.

Type material.

AM C48681, 40+ syntypes; AM C100731, syntype; MV F333, 36 syntypes; MV F26930, four syntypes; WAM S15146, four syntypes.

Remarks.

Iredale gives two sets of measurements ("The largest measures 26 mm. by 16 mm."), but does not mention the total number of specimens he examined.

Current systematic position.

Bothriembryontidae, Bothriembryon esperantia Iredale, 1939.

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).