Endodonta henshawi, Ancey, 1904

Cowie, Robert H., Héros, Virginie, Yeung, Norine W. & Hayes, Kenneth A., 2016, Annotated catalogue of types of Hawaiian land and freshwater snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, with lectotype designations, Zoosystema 38 (2), pp. 245-266 : 262-263

henshawi Ancey, 1904 , Endodonta

( Fig. 5G )

Endodonta (Thaumatodon) henshawi Ancey, 1904b: 66 , pl. 5, figs 15, 16.

CURRENT TAXONOMIC STATUS. — Endodontidae , Cookeconcha Solem, 1976 . Valid species.

TYPE MATERIAL. — Syntypes MNHN IM-2000-9654 (5 spms; Fig. 5G ) .

TYPE LOCALITY. — “Palihoukapapa, on the Hamakua slope of Mauna Kea, Kawaii [Hawaii], an elevation of 4,000 feet ” (from the introduction to the paper).

REMARKS

Although the original description stated that this species seemed to be abundant, the actual description was not explicitly based on multiple syntypes, but neither does it imply that it was based on a only a single specimen. Even though the paper was published in 1904, according to the labels the specimens were not sent by Ancey until 1907, although all these old labels say “cotypes”. No lectotype is here selected, pending further research in other museums (BPBM, IRSNB) holding type or possible type material ( Wood & Gallichan 2008: 51).

Figures

FIG. 5. — Amastridae: A, Helix textilis Férussac, 1825, possible syntype MNHN IM-2000-30770, 15.0 mm; B, Helix tristis Férussac, 1825, lectotype MNHN IM- 2000-30843, 19.3 mm, fig. 6 of Férussac in Quoy & Gaimard (1825); C, Helicteres turgidula Pease, 1870, lectotype MNHN IM-2000-30845, 13.7 mm; D, Helix turritella Férussac, 1821, possible syntype MNHN IM-2000-30846, 18.5 mm; E, Helix ventulus Férussac, 1825, lectotype MNHN IM-2000-30848, 12.9 mm. Ellobiidae: F, Auricula sandwichiensis Souleyet, 1852, lectotype MNHN IM-2000-30849, 11.5 mm, figs 31 & 32 of Souleyet (1852). Endodontidae: G, Endodonta henshawi Ancey, 1904, syntype MNHN IM-2000-9654, 2.1 mm (shell width), fig. 15 of Ancey (1904b). Lymnaeidae: H, Lymnaea oahouensis Souleyet, 1852, lectotype MNHN IM-2000-30850, 11.7 mm, figs 39 & 41 of Souleyet (1852). Punctidae: I, Endodonta horneri Ancey, 1904, syntype MNHN IM-2000-9655, 1.0 mm (shell width), fig. 11 of Ancey (1904b). Scale bars: A-F, H, 5 mm; G, I, 1 mm. Dimensions given are shell height unless otherwise stated; reproductions of original illustrations not to scale.