Helix patagonica d'Orbigny , 1835

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Ablett, Jonathan D., 2012, Annotated type catalogue of the Bothriembryontidae and Odontostomidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 182, pp. 1-70 : 20

Helix patagonica d'Orbigny, 1835 Figs 25E-G, 25ii

Helix patagonica d’Orbigny 1835: 22.

Bulimus patagonicus d’Orbigny 1837 [1834-1847]: 321, pl. 41 figs 17-18.

Plagiodontes patagonicus ( d’Orbigny); Breure 1976: 1159, pl. 5 fig. 4, pl. 10 fig. 4 (lectotype designation).

Type locality.

[Argentina] “Patagonia”.

Label. "baie blanche [Bahia Blanca], Patagonia", in d’Orbigny’s handwriting.

Dimensions.

"Longit. 22 1/2 millim., latit. 11 millim."; specimen figured herein H 22.3, D 11.2, W 7.5.

Type material.

NHMUK 1854.12.4.235, five paralectotypes ( d’Orbigny coll.).

Remarks.

The lectotype is in the MNHN collection ( Breure 1976).

Current systematic position.

Odontostomidae , Plagiodontes patagonica ( d’Orbigny, 1835).

Figures

Figure 25. Plagiodontes species. A-D, i Plagiodontes dentata (Wood, 1828), syntype NHM 1840.9.12.50 (H = 17.5) D detail of aperture E-G, ii Plagiodontes patagonica (d'Orbigny, 1835), paralectotype NHM 1854.12.4.235 (H = 22.3) G detail of aperture.