Bulimus fraseri Pfeiffer, 1858

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 : 27

Bulimus fraseri Pfeiffer, 1858 Figs 19i-ii, L7iii

Bulimus fraseri Pfeiffer 1858: 239; Pfeiffer 1860: 137, pl. 51 fig. 5; Pfeiffer 1860 [1860-1866]: 157, pl. 42 figs 1-2; Pfeiffer 1868: 15.

Orthalicus fraseri ; Pilsbry 1899: 193, pl. 46 figs 31-33.

Sultana (Metorthalicus) fraseri ; Breure and Schouten 1985: 28 (lectotype designation).

Type locality.

"in provincia Cuenca reipublicae Aequatoris (Fraser)".

Label.

"Found on the road from Gualaquiza / to Mendez- and near to the latter / place", "Province of Cuenca / Republic of Ecuador / Mr Fraser", taxon label in Pfeiffer’s handwriting. M.C. label style III.

Dimensions.

"Long. 89, diam. 37 mill.". Figured specimen H 88.9, D 45.0, W 6.4.

Type material.

NHMUK 20140083, lectotype, Fraser leg. (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

Pfeiffer did not state on how many specimens his description was based, but described this taxon from "Mus. Cuming". The current systematic position follows Breure and Schouten (1985).

Current systematic position.

Orthalicidae , Sultana (Metorthalicus) fraseri (Pfeiffer, 1858).