Orphnus thompsoni lutea Cousin, 1887 Figs 7A, 7i

Orphnus thompsoni var. lutea Cousin 1887: 212.

Type locality.

[Ecuador, Prov. Azuay] “Cuença” .

Label.

"Cuenca Ecuador", label in Dautzenberg’s handwriting.

Dimensions.

Not given. Lectotype H 77.6, D 37.2, W 6.7.

Type material.

RBINS/MT2358, lectotype (design. n.); MT2359, five paralectotypes, ex Cousin (Dautzenberg coll.).

Remarks.

In the inventory of Cousin’s collection, a total of 11 specimens is mentioned for this variety. From among the specimens in RBINS, a lectotype is here designated and the taxon is now considered a junior subjective synonym of Bulimus thompsonii Pfeiffer, 1845 (syn. n.).

Current systematic position.

Orthalicidae, Kara thompsonii (Pfeiffer, 1845) (comb. n.).