Bulimus magnificus Grateloup, 1839

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Ablett, Jonathan D., 2015, Annotated type catalogue of the Megaspiridae, Orthalicidae, and Simpulopsidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 470, pp. 17-143 : 35

Bulimus magnificus Grateloup, 1839 Figs 6i-iii, L12i

Bulimus magnificus Grateloup 1839a: 165; Grateloup 1839b: 419, pl. 4 fig. 1; Breure 1979: 44.

Strophocheilus magnificus ; Pilsbry 1895 [1895-1896]: 46, pl. 25 fig. 74.

Thaumastus (Thaumastus) magnificus ; Breure 1978: 31 (lectotype designation).

Thaumastus magnificus ; Simone 2006: 153, fig. 521.

Type locality.

“Pérou”.

Label.

"Le Perou ( Brésil)”; see remarks.

Dimensions.

“Près de 3 pouces de longueur"; see remarks. Figured specimen H 78.0, D 36.0, W 6.9.

Type material.

NHMUK 1907.11.22.24, lectotype (da Costa coll., ex Grateloup).

Remarks.

Grateloup did not state on how many specimens his description was based; in Grateloup (1839b: 420) he gave as measurements "Hauteur: 80 mill. - Diamètre: 35 Mill." and said it was from "Mon cabinet". As Breure (1978) noted, this specimen "From Grateloup Colln." came to the NHMUK collection via da Costa, who purchased the specimen from the dealers Sowerby and Fulton. Reeve (1848 [1848-1850]) evidently based his description on a different specimen, as he wrote "The shell named Bulimus magnificus by M. Grateloup is, according to the specimen so marked in Mr. Cuming’s collection, a variety of Bulimus Taunaysii [supposed by Reeve to be Férussac’s species] of a lighter brown colour". Despite the confusing localities ( “Brésil” seems to be added in a later hand), the status of this specimen is not disputed herein; the Peruvian locality, however, still needs confirmation. The current systematic position follows Simone (2006), who reported this species from the states of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.

Current systematic position.

Megaspiridae , Thaumastus magnificus (Grateloup, 1839).