Succinea variegata Pfeiffer, 1842

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 : 25

Succinea variegata Pfeiffer, 1842 Figs 5C-D, 5iii

Succinea variegata Pfeiffer 1842: 56; Pfeiffer 1843: 187.

Plectostylus variegatus (Pfeiffer); Breure 1978: 202, pl. 9 figs 17-18 (lectotype designation).

Type locality.

"Chile prov. septembr. (Bridges)".

Label.

"the valleys north of Coquimbo / found in the crevices of roc[ks]". M.C. label style IV.

Dimensions.

"Long. 48, diam. 23 mill."; lectotype H 46.0, D 24.8, W 5.3.

Type material.

NHMUK 1975362, lectotype; 1975363, three paralectotypes (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

Pfeiffer’s description was read before the Zoological Society of London on 13 December 1842, but appeared in print in 1843. In this paper he gives the exact text as shown on the label. The locality label does not seem to have the taxon name in Pfeiffer’s hand; however, there is a second label in his handwriting "B. variegatus / Pfr.". Therefore we do not question the type status of these specimens. This taxon is now considered a junior subjective synonym of Bulinus broderipii Sowerby I, 1832 (F. Cádiz, unpublished data).

Current systematic position.

Bothriembryontidae, Plectostylus broderipii (Sowerby I, 1832) (synon. n.).

Figures

Figure 5. Plectostylus species. A-B, i Plectostylus punctulifer (Sowerby I, 1833), syntype NHM 1975171 (H = 46.5) C-F Plectostylus broderipii (Sowerby I, 1832) C-D, iii Lectotype of Bulimus variegatus Pfeiffer, 1842 NHM 1975362 (H = 46.0) E-F, ii Lectotype of Bulimus reflexus Pfeiffer, 1842 NHM 12975358 (H = 36.9).