Bulimus adoptus
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Ordo: Pulmonata
Familia: Orthalicidae
Genus: Bulimus
Name
Bulimus adoptus Reeve, 1849 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Bulimus adoptus Reeve 1849 [1848–1850][1]: pl. 82 fig. 608.
Type locality
“Banks of the Orinoco”.
Label
“Venezuela”. M.C. label type V.
Dimensions
Not given; lectotype H 83.3, D 42.8, W 5.6.
Type material
NHM 20100517.1–3, lectotype and two paralectotypes (Cuming coll.).
Remarks
The specimen figured by Reeve has been traced in the collection and is here designated lectotype (design. n.). The specimen has been damaged several times during life-time and the shell is slightly deformed. The synonymisation of this taxon with Dryptus funckii (Nyst, 1843) by Pilsbry (1895 [1895–1896])[2] is here tentatively retained.
Current systematic position
Amphibulimidae, Dryptus funckii (Nyst, 1843).
Taxon Treatment
- Breure, A; Ablett, J; 2011: Annotated type catalogue of the Amphibulimidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London ZooKeys, 138: 1-52. doi
Other References
- ↑ Reeve L (1848–1850) Conchologica iconica or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, 5. Bulimus: i-ix, 89 pls. + legend. Reeve, Benham and Reeve, London.
- ↑ Pilsbry H (1895–1896) American bulimi and bulimuli. Strophocheilus, Plekocheilus, Auris, Bulimulus. Manual of Conchology (2) 10: i–iv, 1–213.
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