Bulimus moussoni Pfeiffer, 1853

Breure, Abraham S. H., 2013, Annotated type catalogue of the Orthalicoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Museum fuer Naturkunde, Berlin, ZooKeys 279, pp. 1-101 : 32

Bulimus moussoni Pfeiffer, 1853 Figs 17H, 17v

Bulimus moussoni Pfeiffer 1853: 147.

Type locality.

"St. Domingo".

Label.

“Haiti”, label in Albers’ handwriting.

Dimensions.

"Long. 26, diam. 12 mill."; figured specimen herein H 23.5, D 12.5, W 5.9.

Type material.

ZMB 117774, one syntype; ex Albers coll. No. 124, ex Cuming coll.

Remarks.

This taxon was described from shells collected by Sallé on Hispaniola (also sometimes named Hayti, Haiti or St. Domingo on old maps), and deposited in the Cuming collection. The type status of this specimen is not disputed. Other type material is present in the NHMUK collection (Breure and Ablett, in preparation).

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) moussoni (Pfeiffer, 1853).

Figures

Figure 17. Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) species A-B, i Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) bahamensis (Pfeiffer, 1862), syntype ZMB 25727 (H = 29.4) C-D, ii Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) flavidus (Menke, 1829) probable syntype ZMB 10338 (H = 23.4) E, iii Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) livescens (Pfeiffer, 1842), probable syntype ZMB 117771 (H = 22.5) F-G, vi Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) loxensis (Pfeiffer, 1846), syntype ZMB 117772 (H = 24.7) H, v Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) moussoni (Pfeiffer, 1853), syntype ZMB 117774 (H = 23.5) I, iv Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) translucens (Broderip in Broderip and Sowerby I, 1832), probable syntype ZMB 117778 (H = 13.3).