Illustration of the types named by S. Stillman Berry in his "leaflets in malacology" revised

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by  Hertz, Carole M

THE FESTIVUS ISSN0738-9388
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Volume: XXXI September 30, 1999 Supplement
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Illustration of the Types by
S. Stillman Berry in His
“Leaflets in Malacology” Revised
Carole M. Hertz

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ILLUSTRATION OF THE TYPES NAMED BY STILLMAN BERRY
S.
IN HIS "LEAFLETS IN MALACOLOGY” REVISED
CAROLE M. HERTZ1
Associate, SantaBarbara Museum ofNatural History,
2559 Puesta del Sol Road, Santa Barbara, California 93105, USA
E-mail: [email protected]
Preface It is the purpose ofthis revision to re-figure all of
the types of the species named by Dr. Berry in the
This workis arevisionofthe supplementto Volume "Leaflets," with the exception of the eight species of
15 (January 1984) ofTheFestivus. Since the death ofS. Octopus. The original project would not have been
Stillman Berry in 1984, his remaining Redlands possible without the efforts of Leroy and Forrest
collection, housing many types, was placed in several Poorman who sawthe need to illustrate Dr. Berry's type
institutions. This revision strives to provide a complete specimens and had photographed all but two for the
listing ofthe repositories ofhis type material introduced species described in the "Leaflets" (excluding Octopus
in his Leaflets in Malacology, update the synonymies species).
and, with the improvement in desk-top publishing, Mostofthephotography was donebetweenJuly and
reprint with better quality the original Poorman December of 1971. In Leroy Poorman's words,
photographs ofthattype material. The Berry Collection "...Many of the types were photographed at Stanford
numbers are no longer included in this revision. Ofthe [University] through the courtesy of Dr. Myra Keen.
fourteen holotypes unaccounted for in the previous Fifty-nine specimens were photographed in one day.
supplement only Elaeocyma ricaudae has not been These specimens have since been placed in CAS
found. The holotype of Lepidozona inefficax is still [California Academy of Sciences]; ...we spent much
considered lost. time at Berry's home photographing. He gave us oral
permission to use the slides in any way we wished. He
Introduction said that they should be published but that the cost was
too high, even for him ... We went through the special
In November of 1946, S. Stillman Berry began the chest in which he kept his types when we were
private publication ofhis Leaflets in Malacology which photographing there."
he instituted to facilitate the "publication and The types of Cirsotrema pentedesmium and
dissemination... of new mollusks of special interest “Pedicularia (califomica? phase or form?) ovuliformis”
under study" primarily by him. Leaflets in Malacology werephotographedby DavidK. Mulliner. He also gave
continued for twenty-three years concluding with of his time and talent in preparing the black and white
Volume 1, Number 26 in December 1969. During prints from Leroy Poorman's original color slides.
these years. Dr. Berry described 99 marine molluscan
species, renamedone species, andnamed 19 new genera Discussion
inthe "Leaflets." However, besides the internal drawing
of Octopusfitchi, only two ofthe species (Pedicularia In determining the scope of the first paper, I had
califomica ovuliformis and Assiminea inftma) were decided that the inclusion of the known repositories of
figured in black & white drawings. Few of the types the Berry typological material would be of value. In
had been illustrated until Hertz (1984). this, the Poorman slides were again ofconsiderable help
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The repositories of the holotype and paratypes of Museum of Natural History; BM(NH) -- The Natural
each species are also listed, when known. Paratype History Museum, London; CAS -- California Academy
material in private collections is not considered here ofSciences; LACM — Los Angeles County Museum
since its ready availability for study by workers in the of Natural History; MCZ — Museum of Comparative
SBMNH —
field cannot be assured. In the case ofthe type material Zoology, Harvard University; Santa
which was donated to Stanford University (SU) and is Barbara Museum of Natural History; SDNHM — San
now on permanent loan at the California Academy of Diego Natural History Museum; SU — Stanford
Sciences; only the six-digit California Academy of University; TM — Trornso Museum, Tromso, Norway;
Sciences (CAS) number appears. In cases in which the NMNH — National Museum of Natural History,
specimenwas deposited inthe CAS prior to their current Smithsonian Institution; USNM -- Collections of the
numbering system, the newer six-digit number appears National Museum ofNatural History; alt. — maximum
first with the original CAS number in brackets. A brief altitude; long. — maximum longitude; ca. —
synonymy is included for the species, when applicable. approximately; l.v. -- left valve; diam. — maximum
A chronological listing oftitles by Dr. Berry in the diameter; mm - millimeter(s); fide — according to, in
"Leaflets" is on Pages 4 and 5, andan index to the Berry the belief of; P -- paratype; pers. comm. — personal
species appears on Page 43. communication; fig(s). - figure(s); p(p). —page(s); H —
Abbreviations used inthe text: AMNH — American holotype; r.v. -- right valve; lat. -- maximum latitude;
W
— N —
west; S -- south; north.
List ofGenera Proposed in the "Leaflets"
The 19 generaproposedby S. Stillman Berry in the “Leaflets" are listed here. The generitypes are not figured
except in those cases in which they also represent a Berry species named in the “Leaflets.” A synonymy is not
included for the genera.
Genus Generitype Page Number in “Leaflets”
&
Stromboli Fissurella beebei Hertlein Strong, 1951 70
Tiphyocerma Tiphyocermapreposterum Berry, 1958 83
Tiariturris Tiariturris spectabilis Berry, 1958 87
Turrigemma Turrigemma torquiferBerry, 1958 88
Hormospira Pleurotoma maculosa Sowerby, 1834 90
Nomaeopelta Acmaea dalliana Pilsbry, 1891 91
Steamsium Uvanilla regina Steams, 1892 92
Lapsigyrus Alvania contrerasi Jordan, 1936 92
Opeatostoma Buccinumpseudodon Burrow, 1815 93
Mitromica Mitra solitaria C.B. Adams, 1852 94
Hertleinella Hertleinella leucostephes Berry, 1958 95
Calcitrapessa Murex (Chicoreus) leeanus Dali, 1890 113
Pegmapex Pegmapexphoebe Berry, 1960 115
Tellidorella Tellidorella cristulata Berry, 1963 140
Crenimargo* Crenimargo electilis Berry, 1963 140
Lunaia Lunaia lunaris Berry, 1964 148
Trialatella Trialatella cunninghamae Berry, 1964 149
Diptychophlia Diptychophlia occata (Hinds, 1844), as ofBerry (1964) 150
Subgenus
Bessomia Thyca (Bessomia) callista Berry, 1959 110
*Cymatioa Berry, 1964:154, new name for Crenimargo Berry, 1963, not Cossmann, 1902.
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since, for example, the slides of holotypes which had Further requests for information concerning other
already been deposited at Stanford University were so type material forspecies described inthe "Leaflets" were
noted. The catalogues ofmolluscan type specimens by also sent to the museums. In this regard, I received a
Richards & Old, 1969; Smith, 1978; Sphon, 1966, reply from the Tromso Museum, Norway, to my request
1971; and Wilson & Kennedy, 1967, were then for information on aparatype ofBarbatia rostae which
consulted for further information on the location of Dr. Berry had intended to deposit there. Dr. Wim
Berry typematerial. Further, in the "Leaflets" 1(14): 75 Vader, Curator, kindly sent photographs of their
(July 19, 1957), Dr. Berry wrote, "Holotypes ofall the specimen and its accompanying label. While the
new forms, except as otherwise noted are intended to be photographs indicate the specimentobe Barbatia rostae,
deposited in the type-collection of the Department of I have listed their specimen as "possible paratype" since
Paleontology, Stanford University. Paratypes are in the proofofits status as a paratype is lacking.
author's collection, although they will be shared as far The information in the original paper on the
as the material permits with the U.S. National Museum, cephalopod type material referred to in the "Leaflets"
San Diego Museum of Natural History, Los Angeles was obtained through the efforts ofDr. F.G. Hochberg
County Museum and perhaps some other collections." of the Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Santa
Fromthis beginning, a search was made to confirm Barbara Museum of Natural History, who with Dr.
the repositories of much of the type material and to Clyde Roper ofthe Department ofInvertebrate Zoology,
locate additional Berry type material for species named National Museum ofNatural History, began organizing
in the "Leaflets." Dr. Berry frequently specified the Dr. Berry's cephalopod type collection during August
intendedrecipients (museums) ofthe typematerial ofthe 1983. This type material was then sent to the National
species he described. Using this information, inquiries Museum ofNatural History, Smithsonian Institution, to
were sentto those museums. Each institutionwas asked be accessioned in their type collection (Hochberg, pers.
to check its collections for the type material in question. comm). Mr. Mike Sweeney of the Department of
They were asked for the quantity of material for each Invertebrate Zoology ofthat institutionprovidedme with
species and their museum catalog numbers. I then their catalogue numbers for these specimens.
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personally checked the type collections of the Los Since the death of Dr. Berry, Sweeney, Roper
Angeles County MuseumofNatural History, San Diego Hochberg (1988) published a detailed study of all the
Natural History Museum, Santa Barbara Museum of Berry cephalopod material in a catalog summarizing
Natural History, and the California Academy of “the status ofBerry’s Recent cephalopod type material
Sciences. from his collection as well as from all known museum
After Dr. Berry’s death, scientists from several repositories....” Table I is a summary ofthe cephalopod
institutions came to the Berry home to prepare his species described by Dr. Berry in the "Leaflets.
remaining collection for inclusion in museum
collections. The major part of the collection was Format
incorporated into the collections ofthe SBMNH and that Each Berry type shown here appears in the same
institution’s accession numbers replace those of the sequence as in the "Leaflets" in the hope that this will
Berry Collection numbers shown in the original facilitate the use of this paper as an illustrated
supplement. The cephalopod types were brought to the companion to the original Berry work. Each entry is
NMNH
to be added to their molluscan holdings. listed with its original orthography: an [H] or [P] next to
In reviewing the repositories for the Berry type the name indicates that the specimen figured is a
material, it was learned that Dr. Berry sometimes holotype or paratype. The date, volume, and page
deposited parts of a single type specimen in more than number(s) ofthe original description appear beneath the
one collection. For the holotypeofStenoplax isoglypta, species name followedby die dimensions ofthe holotype
as an example. Dr. Berry (p. 72) deposited one valve in and the type locality.
the National Museum of Natural History (USNM The measurements of all but three species
612205, sixth valve), one valve in Stanford University (Nomaeopelta rrcyrae, Muricanthus callidinus, and
(SU 8649) [nowat CAS 0439401] (designatedaparatype Pleuroliria artia) are those given by Dr. Berry in the
in earlier literature), and retained the remaining valves "Leaflets." The length dimension ofthe holotypes ofthe
in his collection (Redlands 19160) [now at SBMNH other three species, not givenby Dr. Berry, are those of
34426], the author.
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Table 1: A Summary ofthe Cephalopod Species Described by S. Stillman Berry in his “Leaflets”
Species Year/Page Type Repository Type locality
alecto. Octopus 1953:56-57 H USNM 815707 - lo" SouthofEstero Soldado, Sonora,
P USNM 815708 - 1? Mexico
P USNM 816381 - lo"
californiana, Opisthoteuthis 1949:23-26 H CAS021666- 1? offEurekaBar, California
P USNM 816426- 1$
fitchi. Octopus 1953:54-55 H USNM 815713- Id1 PuntaSanFelipe, Baja
P USNM 815714-lo\ 1$ California, Mexico
P USNM 815715-5d", 2$
P USNM 816591 -6d\ 15$
P CAS024044 - 1$
hubbsorum. Octopus 1953:53-54 H USNM 816360- 1o' OuterBahia San Carlos, Sonora,
P USNM 816400- 1$ Mexico
P USNM 816480-Id1
micropyrsus. Octopus 1953:52-53 H USNM 815704 - Id" LaJolla, California
P USNM 815705 - Id"
P USNM 815706- Id1
penicillifer. Octopus 1954:66 H USNM 815717- Id" PuntaArena, BajaCaliforniaSur,
Mexico
rubescens. Octopus 1953: 51-52 H USNM 815709- Id" South Coronado Island, Baja
P USNM 815710- 1$ California, Mexico
P USNM 815711 -3d", 5$, 5
P juv.
USNM 815712 -2$
veligero. Octopus 1953:57 H USNM815716- Id" SanJuanico, Baja California,
P USNM 816432 -2$ Mexico
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