Bulimus bulbulus Gassies, 1871

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 : 7

Bulimus bulbulus Gassies, 1871 Figs 7F, 7vi

Bulimus bulbulus Gassies 1871: 193.

Type locality.

[New Caledonia] "les environs de Nouméa, de Concepcion, Baie du Sud, etc., fossile à l’île des Pins".

Label.

No type locality. Taxon label in Gassies’ handwriting.

Dimensions.

"Diam. maj. 4 mill., alt. 5 mill."; specimen figured herein H 4.13, D 3.56, W 2.1.

Type material.

NHMUK 1883.11.10.223-229, seven syntypes (Gassies coll.).

Remarks. Three specimens are still glued on board, four others separate in capsule. These specimens are juveniles, probably of Placostylus fibratus (Martyn, 1784).

Current systematic position.

Bothriembryontidae, Placostylus cf. fibratus (Martyn, 1784).

Figures

Figure 7. Placostylus fibratus fibratus (Martyn, 1784). A, i Bulimus bairdii Reeve, 1848, lectotype NHM 1975223 (H = 78.1) B, ii Bulimus falcicula Gassies, 1871, syntype NHM 1883.11.10. (H = 74.5) C, iii Bulimus superfasciatus Gassies, 1871, syntype NHM 1883.11.10.1167 (H = 77.1) D, iv Bulimus ouensis Gassies, 1870, holotype NHM 1883.11.10.1176 (H = 83.7) E, v Bulimus asopeus Gassies, 1871, holotype NHM 1883.11.10.1173 (H = 49.7) F, vi Bulimus bulbulus Gassies, 1871, syntype NHM 1883.11.10.223 (H = 4.13). All reduced in size.