Type specimens of Streptaxidae from Henry C. Burnup in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

By

Salvador, Rodrigo B.
Ablett, Jonathan D.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020-10-23

Original Publication

African invertebrates : a journal of biodiversity research

Volume

61

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

107--117

Subjects

Gastropoda , hunter snails , South Africa , Stylommatophora

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Council of the Natal Museum 2001-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.61.58085

 

Abstract

A small collection containing thirty-nine lots of South African Streptaxidae land snails is housed in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (NMNZ). This material previously belonged to British/South African malacologist Henry C. Burnup, who either donated it to, or exchanged it with New Zealand-based Swiss malacologist Henry Suter, whose land snail collection was eventually acquired by the NMNZ. The lots contain type specimens of eight taxa (species and subspecies) and are presented herein in the form of an annotated and illustrated catalogue.