Bulimus veruculum Morelet, 1860

Fig. 94

Bulimus veruculum Morelet, 1860: 376 . – Morelet, 1863: 211, pl. 11 fig. 11. – Breure & Ablett, 2014: 204, figs 3A, L64ii.

Bulimulus (Geoceras) veruculum . – Pilsbry, 1896 [1895-1896]: 137, pl. 45 fig. 8.

Type locality: [Peru] “[intimâ Peruviii regionae]”; see remarks.

Label: “ Pérou, Ayacucho ”, in Morelet’s handwriting.

Dimensions: “Long. 24; diam. 4 1/2 millim.”; figured specimen herein H 25.2, D 5.10, W 18.6.

Type material: MHNG-INVE-60384, five syntypes; 60383, four syntypes (Angrand coll.).

Remarks: Morelet (1860) did not state on how many specimens his description was based. In Morelet (1863) the locality is specified as “Balsa de Cocharcas”, which might be Dept. Ayacucho, Cocharcas. The current systematic position follows Richardson (1995: 50).

Current systematic position: Bulimulidae, Bostryx veruculum (Morelet, 1860) .