Bothriembryon perditus 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 : 50

Bothriembryon perditus Iredale, 1939 Fig. 7I

Bothriembryon perditus Iredale 1939: 32, pl. 2 fig. 32; Wells 1977: 54; B.J. Smith 1992: 106.

Type locality.

[Western Australia] "70 miles east of Israelite Bay".

Label.

"70M E of / Israelite Bay / WA".

Dimensions.

"Length of type 24 mm., breadth 12 mm."; figured specimen H 23.2, D 11.6, W 5.3.

Type material.

AM C100720, syntype; AM C127567, three syntypes; WAM S15120, seven syntypes, E. Gatewick leg.

Remarks.

From his description it is clear that Iredale (1939) based himself on more than one specimen.

Current systematic position.

Bothriembryontidae, Bothriembryon perditus Iredale, 1939.

Figures

Figure 7. A-E Bothriembryon barretti Iredale, 1939 A Syntype, AM C 56628 (H = 28.1) B Syntype of B. indictus Iredale, 1939, AM C 100730 (H = 28.8) C Syntype of B. distinctus Iredale, 1939, AM C 100727 (H = 26.3) D Syntype of Bulimus industus pallidus Tate, 1879, AM C 477 (H = 31.0) E Holotype of B. multispirus Macpherson, 1951, MV F 5716 (H = 24.2) F B. irvineanus Iredale, 1939, syntype, AM C 100773 (H = 24.2) G B. naturalistarum Kobelt, 1901, syntype, SMF 25891 / 1 a (H = 17.0) Photo: E. Neubert H B. leeuwinensis (E. A. Smith, 1894), syntype of B. leeuwinensis eventus Iredale, 1939, AM C 100771 (H = 22.0) I B. perditus Iredale, 1939, syntype, AM C 100720 (H = 23.2) J B. whitleyi Iredale, 1939, syntype, AM C 100729 (H = 14.4) K B. spenceri (Tate, 1894), holotype, SAM D 3171 (H = 20.0) L B. tasmanicus (Pfeiffer, 1853), holotype of B. gunni brachysoma Pilsbry, 1900, ANSP 8461 (H = 20.4) Photo: A. Lawless.